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CONTAINING A LIST OF 



Scpcct Pirectory, HisComcal ar^d Bio- 
^rapt^ical Sl^etcl^es, W^ecl^is, etc. 



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Enteriiil according to act of Cougresr^, in the year 1S93, 

Bv Mary Townpend Rush, 

In the office of the Librarian of Congrese, at Washington. 



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Ex-Councilman ParKer Miller 

For over twenty years the only resident of the Jsla 



/^HE demand, which far exceeded the supply, for copies of the 
first edition of the Ocean City Guide Book and Direc- 
tory, and the many kind letters and words of commendation 
received concerning the work, have stimulated our efforts to 
place before the public a more complete and exhaustive edition 
for the season of '93. 

The rapid improvement made during the past year, in a 
direction heretofore untouched, demands especial attention, and 
has but suggested the speedy possibilities of a city which 
must be before long the peer of any on the New Jersey cc ast. 

In the researches which have been made, our correspondence 
has embraced thousands of miles of travel by sea and land; 
extending to London, to points on the Mediterranean sea, and 
many on our own continent. Information has been most cour- 
teously contributed by prominent officials of the State and 
others placed in a position to be in possession of facts. The 
annals to which we ha\'e gained access have been subjected to 
the most careful comparison and study. We have made it a 
special object to confine ourselves very strictly, even to the 
most minute details, to historic truth. There may be imper- 
fections, but there are no embellishments, so far as honest pur- 
pose and careful examination have been effectual in securing 
an authentic issue. 

Owing to delay in photographic work, we have been obliged 
to omit a number of engravings. The fine copper plates which 
embellish the work were executed by the Crosscup and West 
and the Electro-Tint Engraving Go's, of Philadelphia. 



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Mayor G. P. Moore. 




Mayor Moore's Residence. 



yistOFical ai^d Pcscriptive. 



Possibly no resort upon the eastern coast of the United States 
offers greater fascination to the tourist, stronger allurements to 
the permanent resident, quicker and better returns to the 
investor, or more lasting benefits to the health seeker, than 
Ocean City. 

Here are found the beauty of the placid lake in the quiet 
waters of the bay, the roar and grandeur of the waterfall, rush- 
ing rivers and boiling springs in the waves, currents and stormy 
seething waters, but above all, the omnipresent majesty and 
sublimity of old Ocean itself. 

Geographically, Ocean City is situated on an island on the 
New Jersey Coast, half w^ay between Atlantic City and Sea Isle 
City, stretching between Great Egg Harbor Bay and Thorough- 
fare Sound on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other side 
for a distance of seven miles. The northern and southern limits 
are bounded by Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Corson's Inlet. It 
lies near the 39th degree of north latitude; on or near this par- 
allel are the Azore Islands, noted for their equable climate; the 
Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean Sea; Southern Italy, 
with her vineyards and orange groves bearing fruit in winter; 
the Ionian Isles; Arabia, the land of the date palm and tam- 
arind; the central belt of the Flowery Kingdom, and the 
Yosemite Valley of California. 

The Island was formerly known as Peck's Beach. There 
may be found still further back in the archives of London a 
document, in which it was known as Pete's Beach. 

Of a period when a race computing time by nights and moons 
built their mud lodges along the shore, its history is but tradi- 
tional, and is handed down to us interwoven with quaint beau- 
tiful legends of the peaceful tribes of Delawares or Lenni 



6 OCKAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Lenapes. If we measure time by the years since the Island has 
been inhabited, it is but a short step back from this bright 
scene of civilization to the time when their swift pirogues shot 
out from the shore, filled with dusky braves, gorgeous in paint 
and feathers, and with squaws of beautiful form, clothed in 
rudely made hempen garments, fringed with the hair of the red 
deer, still found in the forests of Southern New Jersey. Upon 
the advent of the first European sett'ers, there were two tribes 
belonging to the Great Tribe of Delawares, who held the land 
from *" Sandy Barnegate down to the South Cape," (May; 
whose chiefs bore the names of Tirans and Tiaseane. The rela- 
tions existing between the white settlers and the aborigines of 
the State of New Jersey were peculiarly peaceful, and their 
records are, to a great extent, free from the horrors of massacre 
and ambushed battle. In the early transfers of portions of 
Peck's Beach, before the Indian had made his home nearer the 
setting sun, his rights and privileges were sacredly observed. 
It is the pride of the entire State that "all the lands were fairly 
bought of the wild peoples." 

As late as 1844 the industry of making wampum, or Indian 
money, which had been carried on by the female portion of the 
white settlers from the time of the remotest history which we 
can gather, was still engaged in. This was made of pieces 
of shell taken from the purple part of the clam and the pink 
part of the conch; these were ground and drilled into the form 
of rude beads and were strung upon hempen strings. At the 
time above mentioned they were sold to the country merchants, 
who sent them to the traders in the West. The history of 
Peck's Beach is intricately associated with the early history of 
New Jersey. In 1623 ^^^ noted Dutch navigator, Cornelius 
Jacobse Mey, sailed up the Delaware Bay and gave his name 
to its north cape (May); from this the county in which Peck's 
Beach was located takes its name. As is well known, he was 
followed by other navigators, who in turn established and 
abandoned settlements until 1664, when the first permanent 



♦Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 7 

settlement was made by the English, at Elizabethtown. On 
the 20th of March, of the same year, Charles 11. made an exten- 
sive grant of territory to his brother, the Duke of York, and 
on the 23d of June a portion of this territory, consisting of over 
five million acres, was conveyed to Lord Berkeley and Sir 
George Cartaret. The following is a portion of a copy of the 
instrument of conveyance, secured by the publisher from Eng- 
land, and in this the bounds of New Jersey are, for the first 
time, regularly defined. 

" This indenture, made the three and twentieth day of June, 
in the sixteenth year of the Raigne of our Sovereign, Lord 
Charles the Second, by the Grace of God of England, Scot- 
land, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith 

Anno Domini 1664. Between his Royal Highness James, Duke 
of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, Lord High Admiral of 
England and Ireland, Constable of Dover Castle, Lord Warden 
of the Cinque Ports and Governor of Portsmouth, of the one 
part, John Lord Berkeley, Baron of Stratton and one of His 
Majesty's most honorable Privy Council and Sir George Carta- 
ret of Sattrum, in the County of Devon, Knight, and one of 
His Majesty's most honorable Privy Council, of the other part, 
Witnesseth, that said James, Duke of York, for and in consid- 
eration of ten shillings of lawful money of England, to him in 
hand paid, by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said 
John Lord Berkley and Sir George Cartaret all the tract of land 
adjacent to New England, and lying and being to the westward 
of Long Island. Bounded on the east part by the main sea and 
part by Hudson's river, and hath upon the west Delaware Bay 
or river, and extendeth southward to the main ocean as far as 
Cape May at the mouth of Delaware Bay, and to the northward 
as far as the northernmost branch of said bay or river of Dela- 
ware, which is in forty-one degrees and forty minutes of lati- 
tude, and worketh over thence in a straight line to Hudson's 
river — which said tract of land is hereafter to be called by the 
name or names of Nova Cesarea, or New Jersey. " 

It is claimed in the "Historical Collection of New Jersey " 
that a yearly rental of one pepper corn was to be paid on the 



8 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

day of the nativity of St. John the Baptist, if legally demanded. 
In the year 1680 the proprietors, freeholders and inhabitants of 
a portion of the State, then known as West New Jersey, agreed 
upon a constitution or form of government, which was wit- 
nessed and signed by one hundred and fifty-one of their num- 
ber; a former constitution had been granted by Berkeley and 
Cartaret, in 1664, but this was the first one created by the 
people themselves. The thirtieth name on the list of signers 
was that of Thomas Budd, to whom, on the 7th of October, 
1695, the first survey of Peck's Beach was made. 

We are also informed that Thomas Budd was present at the 
death scene of the great Delaware chief, the Christian Ocka- 
nickin, to whom he addressed his last words. These words 
were of a religious character, and are preserved in literature as 
one of the gems of poetic beauty left to us by a race whose 
peculiar gift of oratory was unequalled by any other uncivilized 
nation. 

The island remained in the possession of Thomas Budd for 
fifty-five years. Its chief use was for grazing cattle and obtain- 
ing medicinal plants, sassafras, bayberry, etc., which grew in 
great abundance, and, together with the large quantities found 
on the main land, were shipped to Holland and other foreign 
ports. 

Portions of the island gradually passed into the possession of 
others. The most important tract, five hundred acres, lying 
in the northern part, was conveyed to John Somers, of historic 
fame, in 1750. This tract remained in the possession of the 
Somers family for one hundred and thirty years, and was pur- 
chased, together with the entire island, by the Ocean City 
Association in 1880, The first houses known to be built and 
occupied by white settlers were those of the Kittles and Robin- 
sons. Joseph Robinson, now living with Parker Miller, is a 
descendant of the first named family. He has passed the 
greater part of his life of fifty-eight years on Peck's Beach. 

Thirty-four years ago Parker Miller and Louisa, his wife, 
with four little children, Walter, Elizabeth (Mrs. John Voss), 
Rebecca (Mrs. C. M. Wert) and Arietta (Mrs. John Austin) 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 9 

braved the solitude and erected a home 011 the island, on the 
ground of what is now the south corner of Eighth street and 
Asbury avenue As the family grew larger, and greater accom- 
modations became necessary, he built the house now occupied 
by his son-in-law, John Voss, using for his kitchen the cabin 
of a wrecked steamer. For over twenty years they were the 
only residents. Their intercourse with the outside world was 
when sportsmen came gunning for wild fowl, when a ve.^sel was 
cast away, or " beach parties " came across the bay for a day's 
recreation. Mr. Miller was engaged in raising cattle, planting 
oysters and watching the coast for wrecks. Both he and his 
wife retain the happiest memory of the days spent on Peck's 
Beach before the world came to them, and have acquired by 
their long residence and direct observation a better knowledge 
of the island, from its primeval condition to its present high 
state of development, than any one living. A large family of 
sturdy sons and comely daughters have grown up around them 
and settled near what was once the old homestead. 

The island is of alluvial formation and contains an area of 
three and one-half square miles, or over two thousand acres. 
The strand of firmly-packed sand, two hundred feet wide, affords 
a delightful driveway, either at flood or ebb tide. It is smooth 
and hard as a floor, without any quicksands or treacherous 
grounds. When the storms of the equinox sweep the Atlantic 
seaboard, Great Egg Harbor Bar is an invaluable protection to 
the city at all times; the waves breaking upon it lose their force 
before rolling up on the strand. When the memorable storm 
of '89 swept the coast, causing incalculable damage. Ocean City 
stood firm, suffering comparatively little from the inroads of 
the sea. 

Its climatic advantages are unparalelled, maintaining a happy 
medium between the rigors of the north and the eternal Sum- 
mer heats of the south. So equable is the temperature, the 
seasons seem to drift imperceptibly into one another. 

Spring comes early; Summer is rendered delightful by the 
cool sea breezes; Autumn, with its gorgeous coloring, dream \- 
haze and bright skies, lingers long. The close proximity of 



lO OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

the Gulf Stream adds greatly to the salutary iuflueuce of the 
climate; the Wiuters are tempered by the warm curreut, thus 
making an all-the-year-round residence in every way delightful. 
Invalids are loud in their praises of its benefits. What better 
inspiration can be wished for than the music of the pines, the 
roar of the ocean, the invigorating blast of the Atlantic north 
wind. 

Bathing in the surf commences the early part of June and 
continues till October. Those who indulge in this luxury are 
not subjected to the exhaustion caused by buffeting with heavy 
waves. To those who prefer still-water bathing, the bay affords 
every facility. 

Nature has worked here upon a broad, grand plan, and has 
been most prodigal of her treasures and beauties. The soil 
possesses peculiar properties and, protected by the sheltering 
sand hills which skirt the shore, is productive of a most luxuri- 
ant flora, blending the growth of the tropics with that of the 
temperate regions. Responding to this wondrous creative in- 
fluence, it stands out from the dreary stretch of dull marsh lands 
and white sands of the coast fair and green. Sturdy cedars, 
grasping the soil with roots of iron, whose gnarled, sombre 
branches have grappled with the fierce Atlantic storms for 
a century or more, form a pleasing background for the mottled 
ash bark, shining leaves and scarlet berries of the hollies, tlie 
pale green of the willows and the crimson and gold of the 
autumn maples. 

As early as February the Siberian nonnea flaunts its scarlet 
flowers, March awakens more dormant plants and April ushers 
in a wealth of violets, buttercups and daffodils, while a thous- 
and other vai'ieties of wild flowers, as the season advances and 
climatic conditions favor their growth, mingle their delicate 
bloom in thickets of grape vines, clematis, bayberry and alder 
bushes. The floral gem of our northern forests, trailing 
arbutus, resisting alike the tender hand of woman and the 
skillful touch of the florist in their efforts towards its cultiva- 
tion, flourishes about the roots of the southern magnolia. 

The dull purple of cinque-foil, usually found in cold bogs, 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 11 

mingles with the yellow blossoms of that native of the arid 
plains, the prickly cactus, while among the lush grasses of the 
meadows grow hundreds of varieties of marsh and aquatic 
herbs, which in their season star the earth with a rich pro- 
fusion of variety and color. From early spring till the time of 
the flaming golden rod and many-hued chrysanthemum, the air 
is redolent with the odor of flowers. 

Song birds are seldom found so near the coast. Here, con- 
trary to their usual habits, they build their nests among the 
branches of the low trees and in the thickets of eglantine and 
beach grass. The brilliant cardinal pipes and trills his rounde- 
lay with the song sparrow, robin, yellow oriole and thrush, 
their melody far sweeter by contrast with the plaintive cry of 
the gull, the scream of the bald eagle, or the low, solemn note 
of an occasional albatross; while their bright plumage shines 
out against that of the snow-white and sombre-hued sea birds 
with rare beauty. 

The place has been well-known to sportsmen. Great num- 
bers of wild fowl find cover in the thick underbrush about the 
fresh-water ponds, and the abundant growth of small fruits 
affords them sustenance. In the Spring and Autumn immense 
flocks of wild geese, ducks and other migratory birds pass over 
the island or stop to regale themselves while in their northern 
or southern flight. Before the island was inhabited, acres of 
ground were covered with the nests of heron, curlew and plover, 
from which the eggs were gathered by people living on the 
main land. Wild plums and whortleberries, which the Indians 
reserved the right to gather after they had sold or exchanged 
lands, are still found in great abundance on the uncleared 
ground. 

On the strand are found wonderful varieties of forms of ocean 
life, from the low, shapeless mollusk, to the gigantic cetacean. 
To see the ocean when it is terrible in its beauty, one must visit 
it during the Fall or Winter months. It is then, when lashed 
into fury by the winds, that the depths are stirred and its treas- 
ures thrown upon the strand. There is scarcely a specimen in 
the New Jersey collection of shells and ocean forms, at the 



12 CCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, but may be 
found on the beach at Ocean City — conchs, scallops, sea snails, 
clams and crabs, in infinite varieties — innumerable limpits, 
torn from their rocky moorings in the sea. The strand looks at 
times as though a polar wave had swept over it and left a thou- 
sand fantastic forms of ice, so clear that when the sun's rays, 
strike them, they radiate every color of the rainbow. These 
are jelly fish, dead and divested of their digestive organs, thus 
making the illusion more complete, as that is the only part of 
their bodies not transparent. 

" What wealth untold i * * * , 

Pale, glistening pearls and rainbow-colored shells. * * 
Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold 
Won from ten thousand royal Argosies. * * * ; 

Thy waves have rolled 
Above the cities of a world gone by ; 
Sand hath filled up the palaces of old, 
Seaweed o'ergrown the halls of revelry." 




R. Fisher's Office Buildings and Twin Cottages. 



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OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. r3 



(Si^cat Ego yar^bop Bay. 



" For the strong wind blows from the warm southwest 
And rutlles the snow on the white gull's breast — 
Fills all the sails till the boats careen ; 
Low over the crested waves they lean, 
Driven to leeward, dashed with spray, 
Or beating up through the beautiful bay." 

Lying on the opposite side of the island from the ocean is 
this picturesque, land-locked sheet of water, teeming with blue- 
fish, sheepshead, sea trout, oysters and shell-fish of every de- 
scription. It received its name from the great number of gulls' 
eggs found in the surrounding meadows. The gentle ebb and 
flow of the tide, submerging and revealing the emerald beauty 
of its tiny islands, the white-winged sea craft passing rapidly 
to and fro, or resting lazily on the blue waters, the throb- 
bing steamers, with their long wakes of white foam, form 
an endless panorama, from which the weary toiler, the dis- 
pirited pleasure seeker, or the invalid can never grow weary. 

Away to the southwest, Thoroughfare Sound sweeps out 
through the meadows, till it is lost to view in the shadow of 
the pines. Following the line of the bay, now curving to the 
west, Beasley's Point is plainly visible. Sweeping down past 
this little hamlet the waters of Tuckahoe, Middle and Great 
Egg Harbor rivers empty into the bay. In the dim perspec- 
tive, masts and sails are outlined against the sky; in nearer 
view schooners, laden with wood, oysters and freight of various 
kinds, are hurrying out to the ocean, bound for different points 
all along the coast. 

Historic Somers Point next marks the curve of the shore. 
From its wharves have sailed out brave soldiers of the Revo- 



14 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK 

lution and many darino^ and skillful navigators. Many of these 
left behind them wives, sweethearts and mothers, who differed 
only from the heroines of fiction in that the tragedy and pathos 
of their lives was real, for as they left the port, they sailed out 
of the lives of those standing on shore, and all that ever floated 
back was a rumor, perhaps, of a fragment of wreck cast up on 
some distant coast, bearing the name or some trace of the ves- 
sel. Still following the line of the shore, now lost to view, and 
now clear and distinct, Anchoring Point greets the eye. This 
was a noted spot during the Revolutionary War. Its tradi- 
tional lore is wildly romantic. A number of attempts have 
been made to unearth treasure said to be buried there by pirates. 
The last were made by a wealthy but eccentric iron and oil, 
prospector, of Pittsburg, who came for the purpose also of loca-| 
ting, with a peculiar divining rod, the Spanish vessel Lpagadere, 
said to have sunk near that place, laden with gold and silver 
coin. The superstition that those who search for the buried 
treasure will meet death by drowning was strengthened when 
his body was cast up on the beach at Longport. Beneath the 
one lone tree left of a forest of pines are said to lie the bones of 
one of the most noted pirates of those who infested the waters 
of the Atlantic. 

Longport is located on the point of land which forms the last 
boundary of the bay, and is divided from Ocean City by Great 
Egg Harbor Inlet. On the opposite side it is washed by the 
ocean for miles. This place was founded by M. Simpson Mc- 
Cullough in 1882. Its elevation above the sea level and the 
absence of swamp lands and marshes, together with acquired 
sanitary arrangements, complete in every detail, render it pecu- 
liarly pleasing and healthful. A short ride 011 the electric cars 
along the beach, in full view of the ocean, receiving all the 
benefit of the cool breezes, brings one to Atlantic City, where 
every means of amusement and the finest markets in the State 
may be found. The architecture of Longport is imposing and 
beautiful, and is in perfect harmony with the entire plan of the 
city, which promises to rise to a degree of refined elegance not 
excelled on the coast of Southern New Jersey. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BCOK. 1 5 

At the wharves at Ocean City, }-achts, with careful and expe- 
rienced captains, are constantly in readiness to take parties out 
sailing or fishing in the bay or ocean; they are provided with 
lines, bait and everything necessary for the comfort and enjo)'- 
nient of patrons. 

The Atlantic Coast Steamboat Company operates a line of 
steamers between Ocean City, Longport and Somers Point. 
Frequent trips are made out on the ocean, and are thoroughly 
enjoyed by invalids, and pleasure seekers of all classes. While 
enjoying the refreshing sea air, they can rest in the cabins or 
beneath canopies, shaded from the sun. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



Tt^s PouQdcps of OceaQ CZ^ity. 



There is located at the corner of Fifth street and Wesley 
avenue one of the rinest residences of the city, the home of Rev. 
H. B. Lake, who together with his two brothers, Revs. S.Wes- 
ley and James E. , aided by their father, Hon. Simon Lake, are 
the founders of Ocean City. The three first mentioned were 
born and reared in Southern New Jersey. Their play ground 
was the ocean's strand, the restless waves their companions. 
Here they watched the navies of the world pass to and fro, 
bound on commercial or warlike missions, fishing fleets come 
and go, laden with the spoils of the deep, or helpless vessels 
drifting to their doom as the fierce waves stilled the voices of 
drowning men and the winds sang a requiem over the sailors' 
graves. When young men they entered the christian ministry 
and became members of the New Jersey M. E. Conference. 

After some years their attention was directed toward the 
establishing of a seaside resort, where the sale of alcoholic 
liquors should be prohibited and the sanctity of the Sabbath 
preserved. In the interest of this work, Rev. E. B. Lake vis- 
ited a number of places along the New Jersey Coast, returning 
to the scenes of his boyhood to find a spot best adapted to the 
purpose. He was chosen to superintend the enterprise and 
withdrew from active service in the ministry to fill that posi- 
tion. Early inured to rugged scenes and associations and to 
sturdy toil, he developed in his youth the talent so generously 
vouchsafed to him and the ability to so employ those talents as 
to bring about practical results. Of all occupations or profes- 
sions engaging the industrious application of human thought 
and energy, none exceed the requirements of those who are con- 




Rev. E. B. Lake. 




Rev. E. B. Lake's Residence. 




Hon. Simon Lake. 





Rev. S. W. Lake. 

President Ocean City AssoclATlO^ 



Rev. J, E. Lake. 

Director Ocean City Association. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK, I7 

stitiited to be leaders among men. ]\Ir. Lake's enthusiasm has 
never for a mbment flagged; all his thought and energy are 
bestowed upon one object, the advancement of the city. He is 
among those who have the pluck and pertinacity to hold on 
when the path is dark and gloomy, to whom the harvest must 
come, or better still among those who perpetuate a movement 
of honorable enterprise and gratitude in the hearts of mankind. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDP: BOOK. 



OceaQ <2itv .^ssociatioQ. 



OFFICERS AND MANAGERS. 

President, Rev. W. B. Wood; Vice-President, Rev. W. H. 
Burrell; Secretary, Hon. S. Lake; Treasurer, C. Matthews, 
Esq.; Superintendent, Rev. E. B. Lake; Rev. W. E. Boyle, 
Rev. S. W. Lake; C. Matthews, Jr., and Rev. J. E. Lake. 

Through the efforts of the Lake family a company was 
formed with the above name and members. Active operations 
toward bringing forth a city from beneath the sand hills and 
out of the thickets commenced October 20, 1879, by securing 
the land and issuing stock. The first topographical survey 
was made by William Lake during the fall and winter follow- 
ing. The part known as section A was staked off into avenues, 
streets and lots. This was quickly cleared of brushwood and 
timber; thousands of feet of ditching were dug for drainage, 
and hundreds of loads of brushwood were placed at the north 
point of beach for the purpose of gathering the moving sand 
and extending the ocean front. Lots to the value of ^85,000 
were disposed of, and another portion of land, known as sec- 
tion B, surveyed and laid out. A wharf, one hundred and 
twenty-five feet long by seventy-two feet wide, was built at an 
enormous cost. This was connected with the city by a good 
road over the meadows, one thousand feet long, and a board 
walk running parallel with it the entire distance. Dwelling- 
houses, unpretentious at first, commenced to spring up. These 
were soon succeeded by large and commodious buildings. The 
first building erected was the little Pioneer Cottage, then stand- 
ing on the rear of the lot now occupied by the Association 
Office. It was used as a boardins; house for the mechanics at 




Auditorium. 




Rev. B. H. Sanderlin's Cottage. 




Residence and Office of J. S. Rush, North Cor. 11th St. and Central Ave. 



CCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. I9 

work en the Island, and was sometimes occupied by forty men. 
The first hotel, the Ocean House, was built by I. B. Smith, 
now the far famed " Brighton," owned and conducted by R. 
R. Sooy. A newspaper was issued May, 1880. A railroad 
was built from Pleasantville to Somers Point, known as the 
Pleasantville and Ocean City Railroad. This was formally 
opeued October 26, 18S0. A steamboat was purchased to ply 
between Somers Point and Ocean City, thus completing con- 
nection with the outside world. A Turnpike Company was 
organized to build a road from Beesley's Point to Ocean City, 
which, together with a bridge over Thoroughfare Sound, was 
completed the following spring. A local church was organized 
and a camp meeting held for ten days. 



Its present officers and luanagers are: 
President, Rev. S. W. Lake. 
Vice-President, Rev. J. B. Graw, D. D. 
Secretary and Superintendent, Rev. E. B. Lake. 
Treasurer, Dr. G. E. Palen. 

George L. Horn, G. B. Langley, H. B. Howell, Rev. James 
E. Lake, Rev. W. B. Wood, D. D. 



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20 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



OceaQ (2itY. 



Ocean City was created by an act of incorporation April 
30, 1884. The first Mayor elected was G. P. Moore; the first 
councilmen, Parker Miller, Rev. W. H. Burrell, Correll 
Doughty and Enoch Green. When the executive authority was 
vested in a Mayor, and the legislative power placed within 
the jurisdiction of a Council, whose prerogatives include 
all powers necessary to the framing and enforcing of 
ordinances, the original design of the city was carried out, but 
upon a broad and liberal basis. The avenues through which 
vice and immorality enter are guarded only to such an extent as 
to be a protection. The successful administration of the 
succeeding officials is shown in the steady throbbing pulsation 
which marks the life and business interests of a city which is 
under no bond of debt. It is impossible to follow, step by step, 
the history of its conception, birth and growth; how from one 
lone dwelling it has risen to a city of beautiful homes, stretching 
from bay to ocean and for miles up and down the island; how 
the attendant throngs have grown larger, the parade more elab- 
orate, the circumstances and surroundings generally more 
refined. As ideas and customs which met and satisfied the re- 
quirements of a century ago appear incongruous in these days 
of progress, so ideas and customs which at first seemed neces- 
sary have given wa}^ to those of a more advanced and enlight- 
ened character. Standing upon the threshold of the second de- 
cade of a century, so short a time in the life of a city, one can- 
not but be impressed with the phenomenal changes which have 
taken place and with the grand promise of its prophetic infancy. 
The ideal of a seaside resort is here revealed — a place for rest. 




li II TTli 




Residence of H. G. Schultz. 




Residence of Dr. F. R. Graham. 




Emma L. Sack. 

Captain Lewis Risley. 




Hotel Brighton, Seventh and Ocean Avenue, R. R. 

The first Hotel built on the Island. 



Sooy. Prop'r. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 21 

recuperation and pleasure. Viewing the city from one of the 
many cupolas or balconies which adorn its buildings, the claim 
to beauty is but emphasized. Wide avenues and streets cross 
everywhere at right angles. Spacious residences, magnificent 
hotels, cottages, stores, public buildings, steamboat and yacht 
piers are picturesquely mingled. No smoke from manufactories 
or furnaces overhang the city, no monotonous hum of ma- 
chinery suggests toil and weariness, no burial grounds arouse 
sadness. All the environments are pleasing. At night, fit oded 
with light derived from one of the most wonderful trophies 
which genius has wrested from Nature, bringing out into 
strong relief or throwing into deep shadow its prominent 
features, the city is none the less beautiful, while far out beyond 
the line of "white sea horses," beyond bar and shoal, the 
twinkling lights of port and starboard of vessels of every nation 
rise and fall with the swell of the ocean. 

The liquor traffic is prohibited. A clause in all deeds calls 
for the forfeiture of title if the vice is allowed to flourish on the 
premises. 

Rents are very reasonable for cottages furnished or un- 
furnished. 

The surrounding country, through its rich soil, furnishes the 
best of vegetables and fruits in great abundance. These are 
brought direct to the city by the farmers and truckers them- 
selves and wholesaled to the markets or retailed from the 
wagons to the consumers. 

LIGHTING FACILITIES. 

The claim is deservedly made that Ocean City is one of the 
best lighted of its size along the coast. Electricity is the agent 
largely employed. Lights of two thousand candle power, ele- 
vated twenty feet above the ground, illuminate the streets at 
the intersections. Incandescent lights are used in the business 
houses and residences. 

The electric railway, for which the work is being rapidly- 
pushed forward, is expected to be in operation July 4, 1893. 



2 2 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

WATER. 

The imperative need of fresh, pure water, is everywhere felt 
at seaside resorts. Especially is it important to look to this 
matter at a season when every city in the United States is using 
precautionary measures against the visitation of a plague. 
Nearly tight hundred feet below the surface, courses have been 
tapped, and Ocean City is supplied with cold sparkling water 
from the very bowels of the earth. 

SEWERAGE. 

None the less important, in point of health, is perfect sewer- 
age. Arrangements have been completed for the introduction 
of a system which fills the best scientific demand. The work 
is being prosecuted with such diligence that, before the season 
is fairly upon us, it will be in operation. 

RAILROADS. 

Several routes are available in reaching Ocean City from the 
imperial eastern cities — New York and Philadelphia. Points 
up and down the coast are brought into close touch either by 
rail or steamer. The West Jersey Railroad is thoroughly 
equipped with everything necessary for the comfort of its pa- 
trons, and is an all-rail route without changing cars from Phila- 
delphia. "The Royal Route to the Sea" of the Reading 
Railroad is largely patronized; the famous " Fast Fliers " carry 
their passengers swiftly and surely through the most interesting 
sections of Southern New Jersey, over a perfectly ballasted 
road, free from soot, smoke or cinders, to Atlantic City. At 
this point immediate connection is made for Longport, and a 
delightful steamboat ride across the bay ends the journey, 
which is accomplished in the same time as when made entirely 
by rail. 

Both mail and telegraphic service are all that can be desired. 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

The Public School Building, three stories high, is centrally 
located. The course of instruction is that taught in cities 




Rev. William A. Massey, 

PAsTon FiBsT M. E. Church. 




First IVI. E. Church. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 23 

where graded schools have been long established. Prof. L. R. 
Thomas, the principal, is a native of Chester county, Pa., and 
is possessed of high scholastic acquirements. He was graduated 
from the Keystone State Normal School, in 1870, with honors, 
and has since then kept constantly abreast of the times in mat- 
ters pertaining to educational advancement and reform in the 
public schools. His work as an instructor had but commenced 
when the late rebellion called his attention to his country's 
need. He served throughout the entire war, held a captain's 
rank, and was twice brevetted for gallantry. Prof. Thomas was 
engaged for fourteen consecutive years in academic and public 
school work at West Chester, Pa. He was called to Ocean City 
in 1S90 to fill the position he now occupies, and immediately 
introduced into the curriculum of the public schools those 
branches necessary to raise the standard of the educational sys- 
tem to a grade equal to that of any in the State. This has been 
most successfully achieved. The first class, whose members 
were W. Willets, W. E. Massey, Misses Corina Sutton and 
Jennie Massey, graduated in '92. The class of '93 is much 
larger. Miss Roxana Corson, widely known for her thorough 
and efficient work, and Miss Julia Morton, also a popular 
teacher, administer the offices of their trust with a fidelity 
born of determination to make the public school institutions of 
learning in fact as well as iu name. 

The first sessions of the schools of Ocean City were held in 
the rooms of the Association Building. Miss Annie Bartine, 
now Mrs. E. M. Gregory, of Denver, Col., was the first teacher. 

M. E. CHURCH. 
This edifice was dedicated in 1S90. The architectural design 
is one of beauty. Rev. W. A. Massey, the present incumbent, 
completed the full classical course, and was graduated from 
Dickinson College in 1873, after which time he entered the 
ministry and became a member of the New Jersey Conference. 
He was appointed to Ocean City in the Spring of 1890. Dur- 
ing his pastorate the church and a large and comfortable par- 
sonage have been erected, and the membership of the organiza- 



24 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

tion greatly augmented. Rev. Massey's life is marked by 
earnest devotion to the cause which he lias espoused. 

THE AUDITORIUM 

Occupies the centre of the camp ground and has a seating 
capacity ot two thousand. During the summer months it is 
used for religious services, sacred concerts, etc. 

EXCURSION HOUSE. 

Erected especially for the comfort and accommodation of the 
public and located immediately on the ocean front is this hand- 
somely painted and decorated structure. Within its walls may 
be found a restaurant, dining rooms, ladies' and gents' parlors, 
caroussel, etc., while a shooting gallery, bath houses and a 
bicycle track add to its outside attractions. T. B. Cross, the 
proprietor, is thoroughly alive to the requirements necessary 
for the comfort and pleasure of visitors, and neither trouble nor 
expense are spared to bring about desired results. 

Of its numerous hotels, the Traymore, charmingly located 
on the ocean front, is very prominent. It is thoroughly 
equipped with all the modern conveniences, finely appointed 
and well conducted. 

Hotel Brighton was the first one erected on the island. It 
was formerly known as the " Ocean House," and was built by 
I. B. Smith. It is now owned and conducted by R. R. Sooy. 
Every year adds to its popularity. From the opening till the 
closing of the season the rooms are filled with guests. 

The Emmett is located at the west corner of Eighth street 
and Central avenue. This hotel was opened but a year ago, but 
has already become popular with the public. Miss Mattie 
Boyle will conduct it for the coming season ; this fact means 
success for the Emmett. 

The Illinois is gaining a wide-spread reputation for its home- 
like accommodations and excellent service. It is open the 
year round, and every attention is given to the comfort of its 
numerous guests by the proprietress, Mrs, H. D. Canfield. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 25 

The name of the Lafayette arouses only pleasing recollections 
in the minds of all its guests. By superior management it has 
risen to a high degree of eminence as a hotel. 

The Vandalia is located in full view of the ocean, and was 
opened for the first in 1892. That it was successful was shown 
by the large number of guests. It is conducted by Mrs. Joseph 
Burley, who thoroughly understands catering to the public. 

Attention should be called to the Pioneer bakery, which 
makes a feature of superior skill in the line of its especial work, 
and occupies a prominent building at the corner of Seventh 
street and Asbury avenue. The proprietor, J. Schufif, is a 
native of Frankenthall, Germany, and, though still a young 
man, has devoted twenty years of his life to his trade, and is 
thoroughly skilled and practical in all its branches. 

x\nother great public convenience are Fisher's livery stables. 
These are supplied with a complete line of carriages, fine 
driving and gaited saddle horses. 

Elaborate description is impossible of the numerous stores, 
restaurants, boarding cottages, broad board walk on the ocean 
front, caroussels, bathing establishments, piers, and pleasure 
yachts and steamers. 

The future of Ocean City stands out clearly and distinctly. 
The conclusion is irresistible that a greater and more perfect 
city is rapidly developing. Inducements are growing stronger 
for all classes. 

The capitalist seeking new fields of enterprise, the house- 
holder, the laborer, the student and the artist will be greeted 
with a hospitality as universal as it is sincere. 



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26 OCEAN CITY GUIDK BOOK. 



Bio^r^apl^^ical Sl^ctcl^es 



IMAYOR G. p. MOORE. 

Mayor Moore is a Pennsylvanian by birth, and is descended 
from good old Qnaker stock. He was born in Chester county, 
in 1836, and acquired his education in the schools of his native 
district. His parents, William and Lydia Moore, were among 
the earliest to express strong anti-slavery sentiments, and their 
house was one of the stations of the underground railway. 

Mayor Moore first learned the carpenter trade, but in 1854 
went to Michigan and engaged in farming, returning to Penn- 
sylvania four years later. Soon after this the War of the Rebel- 
lion agitated the country, and when the call came for three 
years' men he volunteered his services, but failed to pass the 
physical examination and was rejected on account of a slight 
lameness. When Lee's army invaded Pennsylvania he offered 
his services a second time, was accepted and sent with four 
companies of the State Militia to guard the fort at Peach Bot- 
tom, on the Susquehanna River. In 1866 he engaged in mer- 
cantile pursuits, which he continued for five years, and • then 
returned to his former occupation of building. 

Hearing of Ocean City, in 18S1, he resolved to visit the place 
and arrived there on the 15th of April. He immediately recog- 
nized its possibilities and determined to locate there. 

When the city was incorporated he was elected Mayor, and 
with the exception of one term has served in that capacity ever 
since. Upon him and the Council devolved the arduous labor 
of creating and establishing a borough government on the foun- 
dation of temperance and Sabbath observance. 

Mayor ]\Ioore has always advanced and supported such pro- 




G. E. Palen, Ph. B. M. D. 




Dr. Palen's Residence. 




Dr. Palen's Cottages on the Ocean Front. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 2*/ 

jects and enterprises as gave promise of success and the advance- 
ment of Ocean City's interests in point of wealth, population 
and intelligence. Adhering tenaciously to his convictions of 
what is just and right, his popularity has been honorably 
achieved, and is but the logical outcome of conscientious direc- 
tion of inborn capabilities to wise results. 



DR. GILBERT E. PALEN. 

Dr. G. E. Palen has been one of the regular summer resi- 
dents of Ocean City since 1881. He has shown his faith in its 
future by investing largely in lots, and building several cot- 
tages. He is deeply interested in retaining the temperance and 
religious principles upon which the place was founded, and 
thus keeping Ocean City free from the vices which so pre- 
dominate in most resorts of this kind. He is one of the stock- 
holders of the Ocean City Association, and has been its treasurer 
for a number of }ears. 

Dr. Palen was born in Palenville, N. Y. , ]\Iay 3, 1832. His 
father, Rufus Palen, was of Quaker stock, and was a well- 
known tanner and leather dealer. Dr. Palen first obtained a 
thorough knowledge of the tanning business at the Fallsburgh, 
N. Y. , tannery. Then entering Brown University, he went to 
Yale, where he graduated with the degree of Ph. B. in the 
" famous class " of 1853. He then pursued a medical course 
at the New York University, which he subsequently completed 
at the Albany INIedical College, graduating from the latter in 
1855 as a doctor of medicine. 

Dr. Palen, in 1856, entered into partnership with his uncle 
b\- marriage, George W. Northrop, and built an oak tannery at 
Canadensis, Pa., afterwards taking one of his brothers in as a 
partner, under the firm name of Palen & Northrop. After- 
wards, with his two brothers, Dr. Palen built another tannery 
at Tunkhannock, Pa. The building of tanneries in the wood«, 
cutting down trees, etc., is genuine pioneer work, and to this 
the doctor was peculiarly fitted by his active temperament. He 



28 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

became a member of the M. E. Church, at Canadensis, and at 
this period his career as a Prohibitionist and temperance worker 
begins. He afterwards removed to Tnnkhannock, Pa. 

In 1876, after a careful examination of the compound oxygen 
process, he entered into partnership with Dr. Starkey, under 
the firm name of Starkey & Palen, the former bringing into 
the concern his perfected system, and Dr. Palen, the business 
experience and requisite capital. From this time the business 
has prospered wonderfully, and the treatment is now known 
throughout the world. The doctor is an active and honored 
member of the M. E. Board of Church Extension, and presi- 
dent of the Niagara Mining and Smelting Company, and is 
always active in every movement for the public good. He has 
been several times candidate for mayor and recorder of Phila- 
phia on the Prohibition ticket, accepting each time his antici- 
pated defeat with resignation, but never for a moment despair- 
in the final triumph of Prohibition. 



NICHOLAS CORSON. 



The subject of this sketch was born at Seaville, Cape May 
county, N. J. When a young man he spent a year and a half 
in Illinois, returning to the home of his boyhood to settle 
permanently. He engaged to learn the profession of dentistry, 
but after a year's study found it distasteful, and building be- 
came his future avocation. He entered the army in 1862, and 
was promoted to the position of second lieutenant. The ab- 
sence of the captain necessitated a substitute, and Mr. Corson 
was chosen commander, and brought home Company G, 
Twenty-fifth New Jersey, in 1863. He is the oldest and the 
first contracting builder on the island. He came to Ocean City 
in 1880, and went into partnership with Youngs Corson; when 
the firm dissolved he continued business for himself. Mr. Cor- 
son is now serving as City Councilman. A retrospective view 
given by the companions of his early youth, of manhood, and 
of the prime of life, is bright with the reflection of honor and 




Councilman N. Corson. 




H. B. Adams, City Clerk. 

Editor and Proprietor of the Weekly News. 




C. Myers, Esq. 




Residence of C. Myers, Esq. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 29 

Strict integrity. He is the possessor of a rare combination of 
admirable characteristics and a well-balanced mind. As a citi- 
zen he is respected, as an official honored, as a man God- 
fearing. 

The measure of his life is rounded out to its fullest capacity 
with those deeds and attributes which live long in the hearts 
of his fellow beinos. 



C. MYERS, ESQ. 



It is with pride we call attention to the above name, recorded 
among those of Ocean City's permanent residents. The 'Squire 
is probably the oldest living printer in the United States. He 
was born in France, but came to America with his parents when 
a boy. He was the oldest of seven children, and owing to the 
poor health of his father, was sent to Darby, Pa., when very 
young, and was there employed as " printer's devil " and post 
boy. The death of that parent occurring soon afterward, he 
went to Philadelphia, Pa., in hopes of finding better employ- 
ment, to aid his mother in providing for the family. He was 
there engaged as a newsboy, and was among those who sold the 
first edition of the Philadelphia Ledger. He then entered the 
office of the Cainden Republican., rising gradually to its higher 
positions, assisting at times on the Democrat., published by 
'Squire Grey. When the time arrived for him to choose a 
profession, he engaged with William S. Young, one of Phila- 
delphia's most noted printers, with whom he remained twenty- 
four years, eighteen years of the time in the capacity of super- 
intendent. When Mr. Young retired, the 'Squire and two 
young men, who served their time under him, engaged in the 
printing business. He afterwards became interested in coal oil 
and politics, and was sent to the coal regions several times by 
different companies to examine lands. He was one of Phila- 
delphia's Aldermen, a notary public and a prominent real es- 
tate agent and conveyancer. 

In his long and eventful life, no period perhaps marks more 



30 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

significantly the prompt and decisive action by which it is char- 
acterized than that of the Civil War. Bnt forty-eight honrs had 
elapsed after the firing on Fort Sntnter till he was assisting in 
forming a military company. He went to the front with his 
regiment at the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. The com- 
pany thus early organized continued till the surrender of Lee. 
The path which the 'Squire has hewed out, step by step, un- 
aided and alone, denied even the rudiments of an education, has 
led to such success as must always command honor and admira- 
tion. The fire of his youth is still visible in the brilliant mind 
and light elastic step. His fine literary attainments are a con- 
stant source of pleasure to those with whom he is associated, 
while the ripe experience of mature years gives the touch of 
practical wisdom to his gifts of genius. The 'Squire is a large 
property-holder in the city and resides in a beautiful cottage at 
the corner of Eis'hth Street and Weslev Avenue. 



W. LAKE. 



Mr. Lake was born at Bargaintown, N. J., April 27, 1838. I 
His boyhood was spent with his father, working at the black- 
smith trade. Not satisfied with the educational advantages of 
the day, he entered upon a conrse of studies by himself and was , 
soon teaching in the public schools. At a very early age he ! 
received an appointment as civil engineer, and his progress since 
then has been steadily upward. He was elected to numerous 
township offices, and was, in 1863, appointed Commissioner of 
Deeds. In 1875 he was appointed Master in Chancery, and the 
.same year elected to the office of Justice of the Peace of Atlantic 
county, which position he held until his removal to Ocean City. 
His work commenced in this city with the earliest movement 
made towards its development. He has surve\-ed every foot of 
the island and examined every original title from 1690 down to 
the time it was purchased by the Ocean City Association, and 
has drawn over nineteen hundred deeds. 

Mr. Lake is a representative man in its broad, true sense — 




Win. Lake— Surveyor and Conveyancer. 




Ex-Councilman J. Conver. 




Councilman F. P. Canfield. 




The Illinois-Mrs. H. D. Canfield. Prororietress. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 3 1 

an enterprising and intelligent citizen, a statistician and a stn- 
dent, and is endowed with fine business ability. 



F. P. CANFIELD. 



Among the numerous instances of successful young men, be- 
cause of enterprising and progressive business principles. Ocean 
City has none who :s making more rapid strides than the sub- 
ject of this sketch. F. P. Canfield was born in Springfield, 111., 
in i860, but traces his lineage back to the first settlers of the 
State of New Jersey, and is descended from a family noted for 
superior intellectual endowments through a long line of ances- 
tors. He was educated at Edwards School, beneath the shadow 
of the Capitol buildings of his native State, and was engaged as 
a florist for some years afterward at that place . Coming to Ocean 
City in 1886, he immediately determined to make it his future 
home. He is now engaged in a thriving real estate business, 
and has himself invested largely in real estate. As a Council- 
man, F. P. Canfield is broad and liberal in his views, yet care- 
ful and discreet in all his movements, and well merits the 
confidence reposed in him by the public, which he is serving 
well. 



J. F. HAND. 

In all cities, whether inland or on the seaboard, there are no 
more efficient and substantial factors toward their comfort and 
beauty than the work of those engaged in the building inter- 
ests. In growing cities, especially, men who are conversant 
with architecture and building in a practical sense, are valuable 
acquisitions. J. F. Hand is one of these. The first .work for 
which he was called to I he city was the erection of the artistic 
little cottage, " Holiday." Among the buildings which he has 
erected since are the M. E. Church and Rev. B. H. Sander- 
line's handsome residence. Mr. Hand was born at Tuckerton, 
N. J., attended the public schools, but finished his education at 
Pennington Seminary. He has travelled extensively up and 



32 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

down the coast, was engaged by the Long Island Railroad Com- 
pany and also by the United States Government to erect build- 
ings. He is now serving his first term as Councilman, and is 
progressive and liberal, firm in his convictions and intrepid in 
his efforts toward crystalizing those convictions into such ac- 
tion as shall be for the best interest of the city. 



R. FISHER. 



In the real estate business the fact is especially apparent that 
" Realty is the basis of all security." This basis is found in 
the knowledge and probity of those through whom the transac- 
tions are conducted. In view of this fact, there is probably no 
one in Ocean City possessing more of these qualifications than 
R. Fisher, one of the few pioneer real estate agents left. He 
has been connected with the largest sales of lots which have 
been made on the Island, and his business interests have been 
closely interwoven with the history of the city. This 
knowledge, together with long experience, is an invaluable aid 
to investors. His office buildings are centrally located at the 
corner of Seventh street and Asbury avenue, and his handsome 
residence at the corner of Seventh street and Wesley avenue. 

Mr. Fisher was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1848, of Scotch- 
Irish parents. He came to America twenty-five years ago and 
has travelled extensively in Europe and the United States. 

With the advantage of talents amounting to genius, and with 
an inherent brilliancy and versatility of mind that rest only 
with the reward of high achievement, Mr, Fisher's continued 
success is established, while no more glowing tribute can be 
paid than that his eminence has been reached by the exercise 
of his own abilities. 




R. B. Stiles — Lumber Dealer. 




Residence of R. B. Stites, 759 Asbury Avenue. 




R. H, Thorn. 




R. H. Thorn's Stores and Residence. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 33 

R. B. STITES. 

R. B. Stites is one of the earliest pioneers of the city, and was 
thoroughly acquainted with the island long before it was de- 
cided upon as a site for a Summer resort. He was born in Cape 
May county, educated in the public schools, and served nine 
years in the Life Saving Service. October 12, 1881, he moved 
into the house he now occupies, and August 10, 1885, the firm 
of R. B. Stites & Co. was organized- It is recognized as being 
in every way capable of meeting the constant demand for first- 
class lumber. There may be found in the yards, at Twelfth 
street and West avenue, a heavy line of builders' material, 
well seasoned and adapted to immediate use. There is com- 
munication by telephone between his residence, in the heart of 
the city, and the office at the lumber yard. This contributes 
greatly to the convenience of the public, as orders may be left 
at either place. It is due to the untiring efforts and superior 
business ability of R. B. Stites that the firm has become very 
widely known. By great care in purchasing, and honorable 
methods in dealing, it has won and well deserves the confidence 
and patronage of the public. 

Mr. Stites is public-spirited, always ready and willing to en- 
courage and support every project of importance to the city's 
welfare, thus making an invaluable citizen. 



R. H. THORN. 



This name stands conspicuously in the ranks of the pioneer 
business men of Ocean City. Possessed of fine commercial 
ability, aided by the exercise of sound judgment and indomit- 
able energy, Mr. Thorn has not only won success for himself, 
but has added materially to the growth and prosperity of the 
city. He was born and educated in Frankford, Phila. He 
came to this city May 4th, 1885, and having a previous knowl- 
edge of the business, purchased stock and opened a hardware 
and house-furnishing store at his present stand, at the corner of 
Eighth St. and Asbury Ave. Confident of the speedy growth 
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34 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

of the city, he purchased in 1887 two lots adjoining the one he 
occupied, and built the store, No. 805 Asbury Ave. In 1890 he 
bought the stand where he commenced business, and in 1891 
built another store between 801 and 805, together with a 
dwelling house facing on Eighth St. Mr. Thorn now owns 
the largest establishment of its kind in the city; his ware rooms 
are filled with every variety of goods necessary to the trade. 
The stock is constantly enlarged, as the demand steadily in- 
creases. Mr. Thorn has served as Councilman and has held 
many positions of trust, both public and private, the duties of 
which have all been faithfully performed. 



STEELMAN & ENGLISH. 

The beauty of a city depends largely upon its architecture, 
and to those who design and construct its buildings is due the 
credit of the position it holds in this direction. Among those 
who have done a large amount of the work which adorns the 
streets and avenues of Ocean City is the above firm, the mem- 
bers of which are J. C. Steelman and E. B. English. These 
young men are well versed in the details and principles of this 
branch of industry and are moving rapidly toward the estab- 
lishing of an extensive and lucrative business. They are pre- 
pared at all times to execute orders with accuracy and prompt- 
ness, coupled with the courtesy which ever marks successful 
business men. They were both born and educated in Southern 
New Jersey and were among the early residents of the city. 
Mr. Steelman, the senior member of the firm, is serving a 
second term as City Councilman. He is broad-minded and 
progressive, yet careful and conscientious. In him the people 
have a valuable guardian of their interests and the city an 
official who looks to the future and has the courage to cham- 
pion measures which tend toward her prosperity. 




Councilman J. C. Steelman. 




Residence of J. C. Steelman. 




H. C. Steelman, City Treasurer. 




H. C. Steelman's Grocery Store, 705 Asbury Avenue. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 35 



H. G. STEELMAN. 



Ocean City has one prominent characteristic, the success of 
her young men. H. G. Steelma^n is among the first of the 
city of those who have acquired this guerdon for which all men 
toil. He was born at Weymouth, N. J., and educated in the 
public schools. He came to Ocean City in 1888, and imme- 
diately engaged in the grocery business at his present location, 
705 Asbury avenue. The building in which he commenced 
was soon too small to meet the requirements of a rapidly 
o;rowinor trade, and was removed to the rear of the lot it occu- 
pied. A store 72x30 feet, three stories high, has been erected 
on the site of the old one; the second floor is fitted up for a 
public hall and council chamber, and the third floor for lodge 
rooms, etc. 

H. G. Steelman carries a heavy stock of first-class goods, 
consisting of everything connected with his line of business. 
By a systematic course of honorable dealing he has acquired a 
large and profitable patronage. He also holds the responsible 
position of City Treasurer, and has been otherwise made the 
recipient of public confidence. A brilliant future is predicted 
for H. G. Steelman. 



R. C. ROBINSON. 



One of our rising young men is Postmaster R. C. Robinson, 
editor and proprietor of the Ocean City Sentinel. Mr. Robinson 
was born in Atlantic county, N. J., in 1862. His father died 
when he was nine years of age, and he was early thrown on 
his own resources. At sixteen years of age he entered a 
wholesale dry-goods house, but finding the business distasteful 
he engaged to learn the printing business in the Banner office 
at Beverly, N. J. He then accepted a position with A. L. 
English, of the Atlantic Reviezi\ Atlantic City. Mr, Robin- 
son was first in the employ and was then associated with Mr. 
English in business for over six years. During this time he 



36 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

was editor and manager of the May"* s Landing Record^ and 
assistant editor of the Philadelphia journal, Over the Moun- 
tains and Down by the Sea. He came to Ocean City in 1885, 
and forming a partnership with W. H. Fenton, purchased the 
Ocean City Sentinel^ and in a short time became sole pro- 
prietor. In 1888 he represented Ocean City in the Board of 
Freeholders of Cape May county. He was appointed post- 
master in 1889. Upon assuming the duties of this position, 
he immediately set about having the mail service extended and 
the office designated a money-order office, succeeding in both. 
Mr. Robinson is possessed of those faculties which constitute 
the elements of success — hard labor and strict attention to 
whatever line of business in which he mav be engaged. 



H. B. ADAMS. 



Real estate and insurance business is a most important factor 
in the material prosperity of a community. A casual observer 
can form no conception of the important position held by the 
active, enterj)rising agent, devoted to the work of buying and 
selling real estate, establishing values and otherwise stimulating 
property-holders to the great improvements it lies within their 
power to make. H. B. Adams is one of this class. The judi- 
cious principles which he upholds in his transactions, the com- 
petency with which he investigates points connected therewith, 
are securing for him a large and deserved patronage. Mr. 
Adams is also editor and proprietor of the Weekly Nezvs^ a paper 
which, though of recent issue, has already a large circulation, 
giving, as the well-directed efforts of a journalist always must, 
an additional and irresistible impulse to the progress and 
development of the city it represents. The popularity of Mr. 
Adams is shown in the fact of his being elected to the position 
of City Clerk, in which he is now serving the second term; to 
that of Secretary of the Electric Railway Company, and Direc- 
tor of the Water Works Company. 




R. Curtis Robinson. 

Edjtor and Proprietor of the Ocean City Sentine 




Prof. L. R. Thomas. 

Principal or the Public Schools. 




Ex-Mayor J. E. Pryor, M.D. 



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Dr. J. S. Waggoner. 

Oldest Rcsident Physician ofOcesim Ci 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 37 

DR. J. E. PRYOR. 

Dr. Pryor is descended from a family prominent in the State 
of Indiana for many generations, noted through Colonial and 
Revolutionary times for the men it furnished to the patriot 
armies engaged in warfare on the western frontier, when the 
Indians, led on by their great chief Tecumseh, constituted such 
a terrible foe. He was born April 24, 1861, near the city of 
Logansport, Ind. His preliminary education was received at 
the public schools, in which department he afterward became a 
teacher. Desirous of a higher profession, he chose the study of 
medicine, and entered the Detroit Medical College, from which 
institution he was graduated in 1888. Dr. Pryor located in 
Ocean City the same year and soon acquired an extensive prac- 
tice. Ambitious to rise in his profession, he further pursued a 
course of instruction at the Philadelphia Polyclinic in 1890 and 
1891, and is constantly alive to the importance of keeping 
abreast of the times in this direction. He has contributed a 
number of articles of merit to medical journals. 

Dr. Pryor was elected Mayor of Ocean City in 1889 and served 
one term. The duties incumbent upon this position were dis- 
charged by him in an able manner. He has displayed through 
his career the perseverance and courage which will continue 
to bring to him in the future, as it has in the past, the success 
which is ever the result of these attributes. 



J. S. WAGGONER, M. D. 

Dr. Waggoner was born in Perry county. Pa., where he 
resided during his boyhood. He afterward removed to Carlisle, 
and engaged in the study of medicine. In i860 he was gradu- 
ated from the University of Pennsylvania. At the outbreaking 
of the Rebellion, he was appointed assistant surgeon of the 5th 
Pennsylvania Cavalry (Cameron Dragoons), and was also 
physician to the Eastern Insane Asylum of Virginia at Wil- 



38 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

liamsburg. He was mustered out as a supernumerary of the 
5th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and immediately appointed assistant 
surgeon to the 84th Pennsylvania Infantry, from which posi- 
tion he was shortly afterward appointed to that of surgeon. 
In 1864 he resigned, and was appointed post surgeon of the 
United States General Hospital, at Beverly. Here he ac- 
quired an enviable reputation as surgeon. At the battle of 
Chancellorsville he was carried from the field supposed to be 
mortally wounded. Through the skill and tender care of S. 
S. Fowler, now of South Carolina, his recovery was brought 
about. 

After the war he was engaged in private practice in New 
Jersey. He came to Ocean Cit}' when it was first planned, and 
established the pioneer drug store, still continuing the prac- 
tice of medicine. He has served as borough clerk and city 
councilman. 

Dr. Waggoner is thoroughly conscientious in all his work. 
The positions which he has held, and the offices he has filled 
have been honored by the manner in which he has discharged 
the duties of each. 



JESSE CONVER. 



Ex-Councilman Conver is a native of Pennsylvania, born in 
Montgomery county, March 29, 1834. He engaged in the tin 
and sheet-iron business at twenty years of age, and shortly 
afterwards removed to Philadelphia, where he carried on the roof- 
ing, heating and range business very extensively. He came to 
Ocean City in 1881, and has since engaged in the same busi- 
ness. Mr. Conver is one of the few men who, when coming 
in contact with the business world, do not allow its influence to 
draw them from their own consciousness of truth and right, 
who maintain a strict integrity in all their business trans- 
actions. The influence of his early life among the hills of 
Pennsylvania, of simple habits and firmly ingrained princi- 
ples of right, are still exerted, and may be felt and seen in his 
daily life. 




Councilman J. F. Hand. 




The Vandalia House, 725 Central Avenue. 
Mrs. S. Burley, Proprietress. 




"Ocean City" Life Saving Station. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 39 



Wi^ecl^s. 



" And the stately ships go on 
To their haven under the hill." 

The following pages are designed for the entertainment of 
our summer guests, with the hope that the happy, idle hours 
spent in strolling on the beach may be made interesting, as 
well by these accounts of incidents of the sea. The lore of 
sailors is rich in curious and poetic fancies, in quaint and 
beautiful superstitions; to him the winds and waves possess a 
peculiar meaning. While the love of the sailor and the joy of the 
fisherman may not be revealed in all its beauty and significance 
to us who come from crowded cities, from mountains or prairies, 
the ocean is still, in its many phases, at all times and to all 
people, ever clothed with a weird, mysterious charm. The 
traditions that cluster around the New Jersey shores of wrecks 
of Spanish galleon laden with gold and silver, of merchantman 
and whaler, the lugger of the pirate, slow-sailing ketch and 
swift steamship, are many of them founded upon those which 
have occurred on Peck's Beach. Tl)e island claims a distinct 
history, written in her driftwood of broken spars, crushed and 
battered hulls. Great Egg Harbor Bar is dangerous to mariners 
on account of its continually shifting sands, and requires the es- 
pecial attention of the Coast Survey, and although every pre- 
caution is used to warn and protect vessels, many a good ship 
has come to grief on these treacherous shoals. The accounts 
of wrecks which have occurred a century or more ago sound 
to us like a wild romance, until we remember that the marine 
records registered hundreds of thousands of sailors, England 
alone contributing over half a million. What tragedies, then, 



40 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

might not be enacted, or dramas sustained by the vast multi- 
tudes, drawn from every race and nation that " go down to the 
sea in ships. " When we recall the fact that three-quarters of 
the globe is used as a highway, and that even in our midst are 
sailors who have reckoned their course by the polar star among 
the icebergs, sweltered in the blazing sun of the tropics, or 
kept their vigils beneath the splendor of the southern cross, 
to whom the Chilian shores, the rocks of Gibraltar, the coast 
line of the Dark Continent, and the islands of the South Seas 
are familiar sights, little room is left for imagination or fancy; 
truth far outreaches the powers of either, the extent of which 
will never be revealed till " the sea gives up its dead." The 
old hostelries at Somers Point could tell strange tales of res- 
cued victims of shipwreck, of terror-stricken emigrants, unable 
to converse save in their native tongue, of cabin passengers 
whose wealth lay at the bottom of the sea. How it was neces- 
sary at times to resort to severe measures to prevent bloodshed 
among the crew and officers, when the captain was secured 
with bolts in one room, the mates in another, and the sailors 
in still another apartment, until their fury had subsided, or 
they were removed to safer quarters. These troubles some- 
times arose when the sailors in mutiny had wrecked the vessel 
purposely, when the accident had occurred through the neglect 
of the officer on watch, or the captain had been harsh and 
cruel. It is with reluctance we confine ourselves to those 
wrecks only which are officially recorded, or have occurred 
within the recollection of people still living, and to those of 
recent date. It is to be sincerely hoped that these traditions 
may be embalmed in song or story before they are forgotten, or 
the old sailors and wreckers to whom they are familiar have 
sailed out bevond the final harbor bar. 




E. B. English. 




Residence of E. B. English. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 41 

THE PERSEVERANCE. 

"Down upon the beach of sand, 
When the night's fierce storm was o'er, 
And the morning's tender hand 
Touched with light the wreck-strewn shore, 
Fishers in their suits of gray 
Found her body where it lay 
Cold and lifeless on the shore." 

The brig Perseverance, from Havre, France, to New York, 
laden with a cargo valned at $400,000, was wrecked nearly 
opposite the point where the " Ocean Rest " now stands, in the 
month of December, 1815. The day previous to the disaster 
(Friday) a vessel from New York was spoken which told the 
Perseverance she was 200 miles east of Sandy Hook. The 
news occasioned great joy among the crew and passengers, as 
they expected, according to this intelligence, to land in New 
York on the following day. The captain, imbued with the 
spirit engendered by the fatal error to a degree of recklessness, 
spread every stitch of canvas to a heavy " nor'easter, " and 
with spars strained to their utmost, and cordage creaking, the 
good ship sped merrily on to her swift destruction. At 3 
o'clock A. M., on Saturday, the cry of " breakers ahead " was 
sounded, and a moment later the vessel struck, refused to obey 
her helm, and backed up on the beach stern foremost. In a 
short time the sea broke entirely over her. Eight of the seven- 
teen souls on board got into the long boat and a heavy sea 
swept it overboard. It was then discovered to be fastened by 
a cable which they were unable to cut or in any way detach, 
and amid piercing shrieks, with the means of rescue just at 
hand, as the boat would probably have floated to shore, they 
went down beside the vessel. The others succeeded in reach- 
ing the round-top, except a Frenchman by the name of Cologne, 
who remained in the shrouds. At daybreak the vessel was dis- 
covered from the mainland, and willing hearts sped across the 
bay and down the beach to the rescue. Boats were launched 
again and again, only to be capsized and hurled back by the 



42 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

ano-rv waters. Every means which human skill and daring- 
could devise was tried till Sunday at noon, when they signaled 
to the vessel that nothing more could be done. The poor 
wretches held up their pocketbooks and watches as an induce- 
ment for those on shore to continue their efforts, but the limit 
of their power had been reached long before. Exhaustion from 
cold and hunger now did rapid work, and one by one, until but; 
five were left, they dropped into the sea. Captain Snow, one: 
of the remaining five, attempted to swim ashore and was lost. 
In the meantime the mate, who had secured a hatchet, con- 
structed a raft. A negro, who was assisting, was washed over- 
board, but swam to shore. The Frenchman, who had remained, 
in the shrouds up to this time, fell into the water senseless; he 
was caught by the hair and thus towed behind the raft, which 
was finally carried ashore by the breakers. The saddest pro- 
cession that ever trod this beach took up the line of march 
toward the bay to cross to the mainland. Four exhausted, half- 
frozen men, borne in the arms of those who had gone to the 
rescue, followed by others bearing a rudely constructed bier, 
upon which lay the form of a young French girl, the only 
female on board the ill-fated vessel, and the only victim whose 
body floated to shore. Her linen clothing was daintily em- 
broidered, and jewelry was concealed in the braids of her hair. 
Many reports were given of her beauty. Dr. Maurice Beasley, 
an eye witness, said: "She was the concentration of all the 
graces of the female form." Her remains were interred in the 
burying ground of the Golden family, a little plot now over- 
grown with weeds and briars a short distance from the wharf 
at Beasley's Point. Three days later her uncle, Mr. Cologne, 
who died from exhaustion, v/as buried by her side. For seven 
miles, the entire length of the island, the beach was strewn 
with cashmere shawls, leghorn flats, thread lace, fine china and 
bales of silk and satin. Remnants of the merchandise are still 
in existence. It is supposed the hull is lying some distance 
out, covered with sand, and contains treasure. After the storm 
of September, 1889, which swept the Atlantic seaboard, pieces 
of china washed ashore at this point, which, when compared 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



43 



with those secured at the time of the wreck, are of the same 
design, pattern and quality, .and are doubtless from the old brig. 
These tangible links, thrown across nearly three-quarters of a 
century, connecting us so closely with the Perseverance, tell of 
a time when INIadison was President of the United States. The 
treaty of peace with Great Britain had just been signed. The 
little Clermont, or "Fulton's Folly," had but a short time 
before revealed the adaptation of a power that should revolu- 
tionize navigation; the magnetic telegraph was unknown till 
nearly thirty years later, but Peck's Beach had been known 
and recorded in the Old World for over 120 vears. 



THE FAME. 



The earliest wreck of which we can gain an authentic account 
is that of the brig Fame. This vessel was sent out with a num- 
ber of others to protect the inhabitants of Cape May county 
from the incursions of the British and refugees. She was in 
command of Captain William Treen, of Egg Harbor, and made 
a number of captures of vessels much larger than herself. The 
night of February 22, 1781, while lying at the anchoring 
point in Great Egg Harbor Bay rejoicing over a victory just 
achieved, she was capsized in a heavy gale, with twenty-eight 
of a crew of thirty-two men on board. Four attempted to 
swim ashore; three succeeded in landing at the north point of 
Peck's Beach, the fourth one drowned. Help reached the ves- 
sel at daylight, but of twenty-four brave men who had faced 
shot and shell, tempest and flood, twenty had succumbed to the 
sleep of death from exposure to the intense cold; the four re- 
maining ones kept alive by walking rapidly and constantly up 
and down the side of the capsized vessel. 



44 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

THE PANCHITO. 

" A weltering sound, remote ami vast, comes to my drowsy ear, 
The Gulf-waves rolling from the past, suggest the Buccaneer ; 
And she is manned by frowzy men, Bohemians eke, who love 

To fight at odds like ten to one, and care not where they rove." 

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Among the driftwood piled here and there en the island may^i 
be seen an occasional piece of logwood. This wood, lying,' 
hundreds of miles from its native soil, was brought here by the 
Spanish brig Panchito, wrecked February 13, 1888. The ves- 
sel came on the bar in the night, but sent up no signals of dis- 
tress, and even extinguished her lights. At daybreak the life- 
guards discovered her lying in a dangerous position and imme- 
diately went to her aid. The captain represented her as 
belonging to a wealthy ranchman of Vera Cruz and bound for 
New York. The deck was loaded with logwood, and the hold 
was partly loaded with logwood and hides. The crew of, 
thirteen men were taken off in life-boats and cared for at 
"Ocean City" life-saving station. After seven days of hard! 
labor a wrecking steamer succeeded in getting the vessel off the 
bar. As she was being towed into deeper water the cable 
parted and she struck again. The deck load was thrown off 
and she floated a second time. A small quantity of hard tack, 
a few Mexican beans and a little sugar was all there were on 
board to eat. The first mate, an American, was intelligent and 
well educated. His log book was remarkable for neatness and 
beauty of penmanship. The captain and second mate were 
coarse and ignorant Spaniards. They were each armed with a 
pair of revolvers and a huge dirk. The latter was stuck inside 
the waistband on the left side in front, and was carried without 
any sheath. The captain carried two watches of exquisite 
workmanship, besides a number of rings and other jewelry. 
The mates had in their possession different kinds of jewelry set 
with precious stones. The ten sailors were a motley group, 
and were in a filthy condition. Their long, unkempt hair, un- 
shaven beards and swarthy complexions gave them the" appear- 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 45 

ance of wild beasts rather than men. The weather was very 
cold, but they were without shoes or stockings, and their 
clothing was in every way insufficient. As soon as they landed 
they were fed and properly clothed. Four of them were Italians, 
one an immense negro, from Yucatan, one a native of Manilla, 
one a Portuguese, two native Spaniards and two Mexicans com- 
pleted the group. They all spoke Spanish. They were evi- 
dently unwilling to board the vessel the second time. As they 
stepped on deck the officers issued orders with dirk in hand, as 
if prepared to spring upon them at any moment. The vessel 
was towed to Philadelphia and was there abandoned by the 
sailors. 



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WRECK IN THE BAY. 

" Aflame, from deck to topmast, 
Aflame, from stem to stern; 
For there seemed no speck, of all that wreck, 
Where the fierce fire did not burn." 

The long, low hull, lying keel upwards on Bond's Bar in 
Great Egg Harbor Bay, adds one more to the vast number of 
derelicts cast up every year. This was first seen on Great Egg 
Harbor Bar, where it remained for a short time. During a storm 
it cleared the obstruction, and in the most uncanny manner 
wound its way in and out among the channels of the inlet as if 
guided by an unseen helmsman, never touching shoal or shore 
until it stranded on an island five miles from where it was first 
seen. It had been a well-built copper-sheathed and bolted bark- 
entine,bore a German name, and had been loaded with petroleum. 
The silent evidence of the most appalling of disasters, "burned 
at sea," tells the cause of shipwreck. A little more than a year 
previous to the time it was seen on this coast, a vessel of the 
same name and cargo, in every way answering the description, 
was burned in the Mediterranean Sea. The hull drifted out 
through the straits of Gibralter and disappeared. It was sev- 
eral times reported, always in the same position — up-side down. 
It is the popular opinion of the coast guard of that body of water 



46 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

that this is the same wreck and has drifted with the ocean cur- 
rents and been driven by storms till it has reached the point 
where it now lies. 



ANGELA BREWER. 



Lying broadside and partly submerged is the hull of a bark 
which has defied the tempests for twenty-eight years. The 
waves which have washed it, now with a gentle caressing: 
motion, and now pounding and tearing till objects farther in 
shore apparently much stronger have been swept away, have 
rolled back, powerless to move the old vessel from her solid 
moorinofs. At times the stern and keel are covered with sand 
and only a few feet of the side are visible, then a storm sweeps 
over it and one hundred and forty feet of huge timbers stretch 
away toward the sand hills, disclosing ponderous oaken knees 
and huge iron bolts which time and the elements have for- 
gotten. The Angela Brewer lost her reckoning and was cast 
away on Great Egg Harbor bar in 1864. She had sailed from 
New Orleans and was bound for Portland, Me., with a cargo 
of cotton and molasses. 

The captain had gone to his destination by rail and left his 
wife and two little daughters to follow by water. A heavy 
storm was raging at the time the vessel stranded, but her signals 
of distress were immediately answered and all on board saved 
Notwithstanding their perilous position, the imminent danger) 
of the vessel going to pieces, the waves rolling high between! 
them and land, the first words uttered by the mate who was ini 
command, were "How goes the war?" The captain's wife: 
was a bright intelligent woman, and had passed the most of her 
life on board ship; she was a skillful navigator and a large 
owner in the vessel. The unfortunates were cared for by 
Parker Miller until they were able to proceed to their destina- 
tion by rail. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 47 

ZETlvAND. 

" Aye, on deck — by the foremast! 
But watch and lookout are done; 
The Union Jack laid o'er him, 
j How quiet he lies in the sun." 

' A Brigantine, Turks Island to Philadelphia, laden with five 
hundred tons of salt came ashore November 2, 1881. The 
crew of five white men and four negroes was taken off by the 
Life Guards from "Peck's Beach" and "Ocean City" Stations. 
The vessel had left Turks' Island with ten men on board; 
when six days out the captain died and was buried at sea. 
During his illness the chronometer was allowed to run down 
and the longitude was lost in consequence. None of the crew 
understood navigation and soon lost their way. The hull of 
the vessel now lies close against the sand hills, north of the 
Ocean Rest. 



SALUE CIvARK, 



A schooner, Jacksonville, Fla., to New York, laden with pine, 
came ashore midway of the island. One of the sailors, while 
sitting on the boom, was struck with lumber and killed. A 
short time before the final disaster, the mate was thrown over- 
board by the rolling of the vessel. He succeeded in breasting 
the waves for a short time, but soon became exhausted. As he 
found his strength leaving, he shouted to the crew, who were 
making frantic endeavors to reach him, ' ' Find my wife and 
child in New York, tell them where I am." With these words 
he sank. The vessel came on the beach broadside. In the ver- 
nacular of the sailors, her "bones" may yet be seen not far 
south of Peck's Beach Life Saving Station. 



MARCIA LEWIS, 
A schooner, 330 tons burden, laden with 390 tons of soft coal, 



48 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

stranded on the outer bar September ist, 1892. The crew was 
rescued bv the life oruards of "Ocean Citv" Life Saving Station. 



CAROLINE HALL, 



A schooner, New York to Virginia, for pine, stranded midway 
of the island. The crew lowered the yawl boat, which came 
ashore in a damaged condition. Isaac Maury and his wife, liv- 
ing where " Peck's Beach " Life Saving Station now stands, re- 
paired the boat, rowed out to the vessel and rescued the crew. 



J. & H. SCULL, 



A schooner, lumber-laden, bound for Atlantic City, stranded 
January i8th, 1892. The vessel struck with great force, but 
cleared the bar and swept into deeper waters, only to become 
unmanageable and aground a second time. The life guards of 
" Ocean City " Life Saving Station rescued the crew — the cap- 
tain, mate, two sailors, the cook and his wife. February 29th, 
following, the vessel came up on the main beach. The hull may 
now be seen at the north point of the island. 

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DASHAWAY. 



An English bark, Sicily to New York, laden with fruit and! 
nuts, came ashore at the southern point of the island in i860. 
Part of her cargo, together with her ballast of brimstone, waS' 
reshipped to New York. Remains of the hull now lie near the; 
foot of Fifty-second Street. 



UTAH. 

When the tide runs very low, part of the boiler of this steamer j 
is visible nearly opposite the Excursion House. The Utah was 
from New York for Philadelphia, laden with fine wines and 
china. Wrecked in 1864. 



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SALLIE AND ELIZA. 

August 20, 1892. All day a terrible sea had been rolling up 
and crashing on the bar. The keepers of the life saving sta- 
tions arose early and kept a vigilant outlook. The horizon was 
swept again and again with the glass and every vessel carefully 
scanned for signals of distress. Only a few fishing boats had 
ventured out. In the afternoon two yachts and a sloop were 
discovered in great danger. A passing schooner took the occu- 
pants of the yachts on board, and then proceeded into the inlet 
with the yachts in tow. While crossing the bar the cable 
parted and both went adrift. One capsized and came ashore, 
the other one started south like a race horse and was recovered 
seven miles below, at Corson's Inlet. The sloop Sallie and 
Eliza capsized, and the owner. Captain Hackett, was swept 
overboard and lost. The remaining occupant, Captain Hack- 
enay, was rescued by Captain J. S. Willets, of the Ocean City 
Life Saving Station and a volunteer crew, consisting of R. B. 
Stites, P. S. Hand, L. S. Corson, M. Moore, W. H. Boyle and 
W. Garretson. There is not recorded in the annals of the New 
Jersey coast a braver or more daring deed than the one accom- 
plished in the rescue of this drowning sailor. 



To the foregoing wrecks might be added those of the schoon- 
ers Henry Hobart, corn; Lottie Clotts, fruit; Ida Smith, wood; 
the barks Lawrence, fruit; Huron, sugar, and a host of other 
vessels of every description of sea craft. 

" O Summer day beside the joyous sea ! 
O Summer day so wonderful and white, 
So full of gladness and so full of pain ! 
Forever and forever shalt thou be 
To some the gravestones of a dead delight, 
To some the landmark of a new domain." 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 49 



0FFI(2:E5S. 



Mayor, G. P. Moore, 825 Asbnry ave. 

Council. 

N. Corson, office, 653 Asbury ave. 

F. P. Canfield, office, W. cor. Sixth street and Asbury ave. 

J. C. Steelman, office, 1259 Asbury ave, 

J. F. Hand, office, Asbury ave, above Tenth street. 

Clerk, H. B. Adams, cor. Eighth st. and West ave. 
Collector and Treasurer, H. G. Steelman, 705 Asbury ave. 
Assessor, R. Ludlam, 823 Asbury ave. 
Freeholder, W. Lake, S. cor. Sixth st. and Asbury ave. 
Solicitor, Schuyler C. Woodhull, Camden, N.J. 
Coroner, A. E. Cox, S. cor. Eighth st. and Wesley ave. 
Marshal, H. Conver, Wesley ave. above Eighth street. 

Board of Health. 

President, J. S. Waggoner, 731 Asbury ave. 

J. C. Steelman, 1259 Asbury ave. 

W. Lake, S. cor. Sixth street and Asbury ave. 

J. Conver, 443 West ave. 

B. Newkirk, S. cor. Fourth street and Asbury ave. 

Electric Railway Company. 

President, Rev. E. B. Lake. 
Vice President, W. Lake. 
Secretary, H. B. Adams. 
Treasurer, Dr. G. E. Palen. 
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50 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Electric Light Company. 

President, Rev. E. B. Lake. 
Vice President, R. H. Thorn. 
Secretary, Wm. Lake. 
Treasurer, Dr. G. E. Palen. 

Water Department. 

President, Rev. E. B. Lake. 

Sewerage Company. 

President, E. B. Lake. 

Fire Company. 

President, G. O. Adams; Chief, Wni. Lake; Foreman, H. 
Reinhart; Marshall, J. C. Steelman. 

Trustees. 

C. A. Campbell, J. S. Rush, J. L. Headley, E. A. Bourgeois, 
F. Smith, J. Hand, S. Schurch. 

Board of School Directors. 

R. B. Stiles, G. O. Adams, N. Corson. 

Secret Societies. 

Knio-hts of Pythias. Jr. Order United American Mechanics. 

Yachtsmen's Association. 

President, E. B. English; Secretary, M. Lake. 
Life Saving Stations: 

Ocean City. — Keeper, Captain J. S. Willets. Life Guards — 
No. I, J. M. Corson; No. 2, M. Corson; No. 3, T. God- 
frey; No. 4, J. E. Baner; No. 5, P. S. Hand; No. 6, W. R. 
Garrettson; No. 7, E. S. Clouting. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 5 1 

Pecks Beach. — Keeper, Captain, L. Godfrey. Life Guards — 

No. I, A. C. Townsend; No. 2, W. Corson; No. 3, L. E. 

Corson; No. 4, S. C. Yonng; No. 5, F. Corson; No. 6, A. 

T. Gandy; No. 7, E. Somers. 
Coi'sons Inlet. — Keeper, Captain, C. D. Stephens. Life Guards 

—No. I, R. S. Godfrey; No. 2, R. W. Clouting; No. 3, R. 

Townsend; No. 4, S. Brower; No. 5, W. H. Devault; No. 

6, S. W. Corson; No. 7, F. G. Shaw. 



OCEAN CITY 
Building and Loan Association. 



INCORPORATED MARCH I2TH, I887. 



Meets the Second Saturday of each Month in H. G. Steehnan's 
Hall, at 7.30 P. M., to receive dues and loan money. 



OFFICERS. 

Ct. p. MOORE, President. WM. LAKE, Secretary. 

*• R. HOWARD THORN, Treasurer. 



DIRECTORS. 



GEORGE O. ADAMS, HIRAM STEELMAN, SIMEON B. MILLER^ 

SAMUEL B. SAMPSON, JOHN BROWER. GODFREY ANG. 



52 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



Plpectopy of Streets. 



RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH. 



Bay avenue. 
Simpson avenue. 
Haven avenue. 
West avenue. 
Asbury avenue. 



Central avenue. 
Wesley avenue. 
Ocean avenue. 
Atlantic avenue. 



RUNNING EAST AND WEST. 



First street. 
Second street. 
Third street. 
Fourth street. 
Fifth street. 
Sixth street. 
Seventh street. 
Eighth street. 
Ninth street. 
Tenth street. 
Eleventh street. 
Twelfth street. 
Thirteenth street. 
Fourteenth street. 
Fifteenth street. 
Sixteenth street. 
Seventeenth street. 
Eighteenth street. 
Nineteenth street. 
Twentieth street. 
Twenty-first street. 
Twenty-second street. 
Twenty-third street. 
Twenty-fourth street. 
Twenty-fifth street. 
Twent -sixth street. 



Twenty-seventh street. 
Twenty-eighth street. 
Twenty-ninth street. 
Thirtieth street. 
Thirty-first street. 
Thirty-second street. 
Thirty-third street. 
Thirty-fourth street. 
Thirty-fifth street. 
Thirty-sixth street. 
Thirty-seventh street. 
Thirty-eighth street. 
Thirty-ninth street. 
Fortieth street. 
Forty-first street. 
Forty-second street. 
Forty-third street. 
Forty-fourth street. 
Forty-fifth street. 
Forty-sixth street. 
Forty-seventh street. 
Forty-eighth street. 
Forty-ninth street. 
Fiftieth street. 
Fifty-first street. 
Fifty-second street. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 53 



pi5EeT05Y. 



A 

Adams, H. B., real estate, 411 Fifth st. ; office, Eighth st. and 

West ave. 
Adams, J. T., 629 Central ave. 

Adams, W. W. , plasterer, Asbury dve. below Tenth st. 
Adams, G. O. , plasterer, 1057 West ave. 
Allen E., Asbury ave, above Fourth st. , and Frankford, Pa. 
Allen & Hughes, 444 Asbury ave. 
Allen, G. W. Prof., "Edgecombe," Wesley ave. above 

Eleventh st. , and Phila., Pa. 
Asher, E. Mrs., Central ave. below Eleventh st. 
Atwood, P. C. , 1233 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Austin, J. Carpenter, Asbury ave. below Ninth st. 

B 

Bamford, A. E., Mrs., 443 Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Baner, M., W. cor. Sixth st. and Ocean ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Barrows, A. D. , N. cor. Thirty-fourth st. and Asbury ave. 
Barber, W. T. , Ocean City, Manager Atlantic Steamboat Co. 
Bartine, D. W. , M. D., 717 Wesley ave. 
Bartine, W. , 717 Wesley ave. 

Barnett, B. G., Asbury ave. above First st. and Camden, N. J. 
Barnhurst, W. 1612 Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Bardsley, S., 1204 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Bassett, S. , 930 Wesley ave., and Bridgeton, N. J. 
Bebee, S., Ocean ave. above Fourth st., and Frankford, Pa. 
Bell, E. Mrs., Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st. 
Benners, A. Mrs., Ocean City, N. J., and Phila., Pa., 
Bethany, S. S., "Ocean Rest," N. cor. Thirty-second st. and 
Wesley ave., also Phila., Pa. 



54 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Bennett, J., hauling, W. cor. Eighth st. and Asbury ave. 
Bingham, B. C., Simpson ave. bel. First St., and Camden, N. J. 
Birchall, W., N. W. cor. Fifth st. and Wesley ave. 
Blakely, F., 708 Central ave., and Camden, N. J. 
Borgner, H. C, "Allaire," N. cor. Ninth st. and Central ave., 

and Lebanon, Pa. 
Borie, C. , Asbury ave. abv. First st. , and Frankford, Pa. 
Boyle, W. E., Mrs., "The Emmett," W. cor. Eighth st. and 

Central ave. 
Breckley, G. M., Capt., Sr., Central ave. bel. Eighth st, and 

Washington, D. C. 
Breckley, G. M., Jr., painter, 310 Fourth st. 
Briggs, J., plasterer, 1127 West ave. 
Brower, J., painter, store Asbury ave. abv. Seventh st, res. S. 

cor. Third st. and Central ave. 
Brower, Jos., S. cor. Third st and Central ave. 
Brown, T. J., Ocean City, N. J., and Atlantic City, N. J. 
Brown, T., Central ave. below Thirteenth st., and Phila., Pa. 
Bryan, J. T. , 1249 Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Brucker, E., E. cor. Tenth st. and Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Bourgeois, E. A., cor. Ninth st. and Central ave. 
Bourgeois, G. A., carpenter, 420 Central ave. 
Bourgeois, A., builder. Ocean City, N. J., and Estellville. 
Burroughs, R., painter, E. cor. Sixth st. and Asbury ave. 
Burley, Jos., " Vandalia House," Central ave. abv. Eighth st. 
Burley, A., carpenter, W. cor. Fourteenth st. and West ave. 
Burt, J., Wesley ave. bel. Ninth st, and Bridgeton, N. J. 
Burrell, W. H., Rev., Ocean City, N. J., and 43 Cooper st., 

Camden, N. J. 
Burnley, C. W., Rev., 924 Wesley ave., and Williamsport, Pa. 



Campbell, C. A., store and res., 813 Asbury ave. 
Campbell, E. B. , Eighth st. bet. West and Haven aves. 
Canfield, J. F., Rev., "Illinois," W. cor. Sixth st and Asbury 
ave. 



OCEAN CITY CxUIDE BOOK. 55 

Caiifield, H. D., "Illinois," W. cor. Sixth st. and Asbury ave. 

See adv. 
Canfield, F. P., councilman, "Illinois," W. cor. Sixth st. 

and Asbury ave., and Fourth st. and Haven ave, 
Carson, J. R., 1205 Central ave., and Camden, N. J. 
Carson R., Asbury ave. above Twelfth st. 
Carhart, S., E. cor. Eighth st. and Asbury ave. 
Champion F. E. , coal, 716 Asbury ave. 
Champion, M., teamster, 405 Seventh st. 

Champion, I., rest, and res. N. cor. Seventh st. and Asbury ave. 
Champion, J., builder, "Sea Breeze," 704 Central ave. 
Champion, Q. , painter, N. cor. Eleventh st. and Central ave. 
Chance, J. C. , Asbury ave. abv. First st., and Vineland, N. J. 
Chandler, H., 922 Wesley ave., and Vineland, N. J. 
Chew, W., carpenter. West ave. abv. Thirteenth st. 
Christ, A. E., Mrs., Central ave. bel. Sixth st., and Phila., Pa. 
Christian, J. B., Ocean City, N. J., and Eldora, N. J. 
Clark, J. E., cor. Seventeenth st. and West ave., and May's 

Landing, N. J. 
Clawell, D. N., cor. Seventeenth st. and Asbury ave., and 

Phila., Pa. 
Clelland, N. C. , 822 Wesley ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Clifton, J., plasterer, Simpson ave. bel. Second st. 
Clinton, E. T., 634 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Collins, S., 1408 West ave., and Estellville, N. J. 
Conver, J., tinsmith, store 623 Asbury ave., res. 443 West ave. 
Conver, H. L. , Wesley ave. abv. Eighth st. 
Corson, M., life-guard, 833 Asbury ave. 
Corson, N., councilman, 653 Asbury ave. 
Corson, Y. , store and res., 721 Asbury ave. 
Corson, O. , painter, 721 Asbury ave. 
Corson, J. I., Rev., N. cor. Fifth st. and Central ave., and Bar- 

gaintown, N. J. 
Corson, F. F. , M. D. , N. cor. Eleventh st. and Central ave., 

and Merchantville, N. J. 
Corson, J. M., 1632 Central ave., and Palermo, N. J. 
Cowperthwait, S. S. E., 1220 Central ave., and Camden, N. J. 



56 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Cotton, A., 453 Asbury ave. , and Frackville, Pa. 

Cox, A. E., "Wesley Honse," W. cor. Eighth st. and Wesley 

Cox, Iv., machinist, "Wesley House," W. cor. Eighth st. and 
Wesley ave. 

Cox, R., store and res., N. cor. Twelfth st. and Asbury ave. 

Coxey, J. C. , ,E. cor. Fourteenth st. and Asbury ave., and 
Camden, N. J. 

Creth, Misses, "Lafayette," W. cor. Thirteenth st. and Cen- 
tral ave. 

Currey, W. B., Central ave. above Fifth street, and Phila., Pa. 

Corson, C. , Asbury ave. abv. Seventh st. 

Corson, L., life guard, West ave. below Twelfth st. 

D 

Davis, J. H., Atlantic ave. bel. Fourth st., and Phila., Pa. 

Davis, W. A., M. D., N. cor. First st. and Central ave., and 
Camden, N. J. 

Davis, N., M. D., E. cor. First st. and Asbury ave., and Cam- 
den, N. J. 

Davis, J. T. , N. cor. First st. and Asbury ave., and Camden. 

Dawes, E., Asbury ave. below Twelfth St., and Phila., Pa. 

Demaris, A. , hackman. Seventh st. near Asbury ave. 

Dixon, J., Central ave. above Fourth st. , and Phila., Pa. 

Dobbins, G. L. , Rev. , Ocean City, N. J. , and N. J. Conf. 

Doughty, C, 431 Asbury ave., and Atlantic City, N. J. 

Downs, J. O., " Perennial," 808 Central ave. 

Edowes, T. , " Home Cottage," 1414 Asbury ave. and Phila. 

Edwards, C. E., D. D. S., 809 Wesley ave. and Haddonfield. 

Edwards, R., "Aldine," Wesley ave. above Ninth st. 

Elliot, W. R. , store and residence, 714 Asbury ave. 

Ellison. J. v., 604 Wesley ave. and Phila., Pa. 

Elwell, W. H., Sta. Agt. W. J. R. R., res. S. corner Eighth 

St. and Asbury ave. 
Emerson, W. B., 1606 Asbury ave. and Phila., Pa. 
Emley, G., 642 Central ave. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 57 

English, E. B., builder, 915 Asbury ave. 

English, S. Mrs., 915 Asbury ave. 

English, J. A., 911 Asbury ave. and Camden, N. J. 

Esher, E. H., 1620 Asbury ave. and Phila., Pa, 

Erwin, A. F. , Central ave. below Sixth st. and Phila. , Pa. 

Eves, Misses, Ocean City and Media, Pa. 

Everingham, G. , 827 Asbury ave. 



Faunce, M., Asbury ave. above Fourteenth st. and Phila., Pa. 

Fenstermacher, G. , Wesley ave. abv. Eighth st., and Phila. 

Fletcher, M. Miss, 117 Asbury ave. 

Fanelli, T. , laborer, 328 West ave. 

Foulds, H., W. cor. Fourth st. and Ocean ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Fisher, R., real estate, N. cor. Seventh st. and Wesley ave. 

Franklin, P. A. H., 219 Wesley ave., and Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Q 

Gandy, A. T., life guard. Thirty-fourth st. 

Gaudy, J. G. , store 745 Asbury ave., res. W. cor. Eighth st. 
and Asbury ave. 

Gandy, O. M. , painter, W. cor. Eighth st. and Asbury ave. 

Garwood, S. P., carpenter, 418 Wesley ave. 

Garrettson, W. R. , life guard, 831 Asbury ave. 

Garrison, S. O. Rev., 1658 Central ave., and Vineland, N. J. 

Gerlach, H., cor. Sixteenth st. and Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Getty, M. , 640 Central ave. , and Phila. , Pa. 

Gilbert, A. G. , painter, Asbury ave., abv. Third st. 

Gluckert, R., Asbury ave. bel. Fourteenth st., and Phila, Pa. 

Godfrey, W., 629 Asbury ave. 

Graham, F. R. , M. D. , cor. Tenth st. , and Wesley ave., and 
Chester, Pa. 

Griffith, A. E. Mrs., M. D., W. cor. Sixteenth street and Cen- 
tral ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Griffith, L. R. Mrs., W. cor. Seventh st. and Central ave., and 
Phila., Pa. 



58 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

H 

Hand, S. P., life guard, 12 13 West ave. 

Hagle, W. , Asbury ave. bel. Sixteenth st, and Phila. , Pa. 

Haines, H. S., Ocean City, N. J., and Mt. Epliraim, N. J. 

Hand, J. F., builder, Asbury ave. bel. Ninth st. 

Hayes, N., carpenter, Asbury ave. 

Headley, L. , carpenter, 829 Asbury ave. 

Heisler, H. Miss, "Aldine," Wesley ave. abv. Ninth st, and 
Mt. Holly, N. J. 

Henderson, J. C. Capt. , 447 West ave. 

Hess, U. Y., teamster. West ave. bel. Twelfth st. 

Hillman, J. P., Asbury ave. bel. Twelfth st., and Camden, N. J. 

Hickey, D. W., Cond. W. J. R. R., Asbury ave. abv. Eighth st. 

Hoffman, B. , carpenter, 1241 Asbury ave. 

Holland, J. M. Mrs., S. cor. Fifteenth st. and Asbury ave., and 
Phila., Pa. 

Hoopes, E. D. , Ocean ave. abv. Eighth st. , and West Chester. 

Horn, G. L., 226 Wesley ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Houck, W. Capt., Wesley ave. abv. Sixth st. 

Huckle, W. Rev., 602 Wesley ave., and New York. 

Hudson, D. , Haven ave. abv. Second st. , and Millville, N. J. 

Hunter, T. , Ocean ave. abv. Second St., and Phoenixville, Pa. 

Hutchinson, J. H. Rev., Ocean City, N. J., and N. J. Conf. 

Hyde, A. C. Mrs., "Tray more," W. cor. Ninth st. and Wes- 
ley ave., and Vineland, N. J. 

I 
Ingersoll, B. , carpenter, Ocean City, N. J. 



Jeffries, J. H. Capt. , 347 West ave. 
Jeffries, J. B. Capt., 347 West ave. 
Jeffries, M. Capt. , 347 West ave. 
Jeffries, George, Capt., 347 West ave. 
Jackson, M. Mrs., laundress, 326 West ave. 
Johnson, J., plumber, Asbury ave. bel. Eighth st. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 59 

Jones, W., 437 Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Joseph, A. Mrs., Ocean City, N. J., and Phila., Pa. 

K 

Kendrick, J. R., 820 Wesley ave., and Phila., Pa. 

King, C. , Asbury ave. bel. Fourth st. 

Krouse, G., 305 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Kynett, A. G. Rev., 1233 Central ave., and Phila. Conf. 

Kynett, H. H., M. D., 1225 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Kynett, A. J. Rev., 1229 Central ave,, and Phila., Pa. 



Lake, W. , real estate, N. cor. Fourth st. and Central ave. 

Lake, D. E., builder, 1628 Asbury ave. 

Lake, M. Capt. , 450 West ave. 

Lake, E. B. Rev. , real estate, E. cor. Fifth st. and Wesley ave. 

Lake, H. Mrs., 413 Fifth st. 

Lake, S. W. Rev., Ocean City, and N. J. Conf. 

Lake, J. E. Rev., Ocean City, and N. J. Conf. 

Lake, J. T., Asbury ave. bel. Fourteenth st. and Pleasantville. 

Lee, I. Capt. , 939 Asbury ave. 

Lennig, G. G. , Simpson ave. bel. First st. and Phila., Pa. 

Lee, J. W. , store and res. Asbury ave. bel. Seventh st. 

Lewallen, J., barber, 726 Asbury ave. 

Linn, J., 324 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Loder, E. B., S. cor. Twelfth st. and Central ave., and Phila. 

Lonabaugh, J. C. , 1212 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Ludlam, R., assessor, 823 Asbury ave. 

IVI 

Mahoney, D. , 1643 West ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Mapps, W. R., 1416 Asbury ave., and Long Branch, N. J. 

Marter, H. H. , 934 Asbury ave. , and Camden, N. J. 

Massey, W. A. Rev., Central ave. abv. Eighth st. , and N. J, 

Conf 
Marshall, A., 712 Ocean ave., and Phila., Pa. 



6o OCKAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Matthews, C, Ocean City, and Phila., Pa. 

Matthews, J., Wesley ave. abv. Eighth St., and Phila., Pa. 

McAllister, J. C. , Asbnry ave. abv. First st. , and Phila., Pa. 

McAleese, J., 1409 Asbury ave. 

McGuire, J. H., Wesley ave. abv. Eighth st, and Phila., Pa. 

McFadden, J. P., 1212 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

McCorkle, J. N., N. E. cor. Fifth st. and West ave. ,and Phila. 

MeGargee, G. N., 825 Wesley ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Mitchell, W., Ocean City, N. J. 

Miller, P. Capt., 726 Asbury ave. 

Miller, W. Capt., 726 Asbury ave. 

Miller, S. B., carpenter, 733 Central ave. 

Miller, C. G. , engineer W. J. R. R. , 1640 Asbury ave. 

Moore, G. P., mayor, 835 Asbury ave. 

Moore, E., painter, 835 Asbury ave. 

Moore, M., slate roofer, 835 Asbury ave. 

Morey, J. K., carpenter, Central ave. bel. Eighth st. 

Morris, A. Mrs., 404 Asbury ave. 

Morris, J. B., fisherman, 727 West ave. 

Morton, J. C. Miss, S. cor. Eighth st. and x\sbury ave. 

Moore, D., Asbury ave. abv. Fifteenth st. , and Phila., Pa. 

Mortimore, J. A., West ave. abv. Fifteenth st. , and Phila., Pa.: 

Moore. H., Ocean ave. abv. Seventh st., and Haddonfield. 

Muir, D. S., cor. Fourth st. and Wesley ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Murdoch, J., Asbury ave. 

Murdoch, P., 829 Asbury ave. 

Myers,'C., Esq., N. cor. Eighth st. and Wesley ave. 

N 

Nabb, F. C. , 756 Asbury ave. 

Newkirk, B., brakeman, S. cor. Fourth st. and Asbury ave. 

Nelson, A., W. J. R. R., 717 Asbury ave., "Ocean City House.'" 

Noble, G. L. Mrs., Wesley ave. abv. Eighth st. 

Newcomb, H. O., Wesley ave. bel. Ninth st. 

O 

O'Kell, J. R., Ocean City, N. J., and Brooklyn, N. Y. 



OCEAX CITY GUIDE BOOK. 6 1 

Palea, G E., M. D., S25 Wesley ave., and Pliila., Pa. 

Paxson, Misses, W. cor. Sixth st, and Wesley ave., and Phila. 

Pierce, O. , Ocean City, and Phila., Pa. 

Price, J. T. , "Ocean City House," 717 Asbury ave. 

Price, B. D., Atlantic ave. abv. Fourth st., and Phila., Pa. 

Pryor, C. S., "Sea Breeze," 704 Central ave. 

R 

Ranck, A. B. Mrs., "Allaire," N. cor. Ninth st. and Central ave. 

Reaney, A. W. Mrs., 409 Fifth st., and Frankford, Pa. 

Rapp, R., Central ave. abv. First St., and Phila., Pa. 

Rapp, J. V. R., Central ave. abv. First st., and Phila., Pa. 

Rapp, F. , store and res. 815 Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Radcliff, J. Y. , 749 Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Reinhart, H., engineer W. J. R. R. , 917 Asbury ave. 

Reed, J., Asbury ave. abv. Fourteenth st. , and Camden, N. J. 

Reed, H., M. D., "The Emmett," W. cor. Eighth st. and Cen- 
tral ave., and Easton, Pa. 

Rice, J. E. , 1213 Asbury ave., and Bridgeton, N. J. 

Risley, L. Capt. , W. cor. Seventh st and Central ave. 

Risley, W. Capt., Asbury ave. abv. Fourth st. 

Risley, D. Capt, 711 Central ave. 

Robinson, J., 726 Asbury ave. 

Robinson, R. C , office, 744 Asbury ave., res. 721 Asbury ave. 

Robinson, V. S., "Atlantic Villa," N. cor. Seventh st. and 
Ocean ave. , and Olney, Pa. 

Roberts, :\Irs. J. R., M. D., 604 Wesley ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Rush, J. S. , painter, office and res., N. cor. Eleventh st. and 
Central ave. 

Rutter, L. M., "Bellevue House," S. cor. Seventh and Asbury 
ave., and Phila., Pa. 

S 

Salter, J. G. , Fourteenth st. and Asbury ave., and Phila., Pd. 



62 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Sampson, S. B., builder, 305 Fourth st. 

Sampson, D., tinsmith, Asbury ave. abv. Fourth st. 

Sanderlin, B. H., Wesley ave. bel. Eighth st. , and Phila., Pa. 

Sapp, C, Asbury ave. bel. Seventh st., and May's Landing. 

Schenck, E. Mrs., 656 West ave., and Millville, N. J. 

Schenk, J., barber, 711 Asbury ave. 

Schermerhorn, C. H., 1237 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

SchufF, J., baker, W. cor. Asbury ave. and Seventh st. 

Schurch, S., "Bellevue," S. cor Asbury ave. and Seventh st. 

Schmitt, F., E. cor. Tenth and Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Shultz, H. G., Asbury ave. bel. Sixteenth st. , and Phila., Pa. 

Scull, J. C, carpenter, 727 Asbury ave. 

Scull, A. D., builder, Central ave. abv. Seventh st. 

Shaw, T., E. cor. Fifth st. and Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Sharp, A. D. , hackman, no Asbury ave. 

Sharp, C. B., hackman, no Asbury ave. 

Sharp, E. J., carpenter, no Asbury ave. 

Sharp, W., carpenter. West ave. abv. Second st. 

Sharp, S. W., blacksmith. Central ave. abv. First st. 

Shields, W. G., W. cor. Seventh st. and Central ave., and 

Phila., Pa. 
Shriver, W.. 1221 Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Sipler, M. H. Miss, 708 Asbury ave. 
Smith, L. S. , store and res. 1140 xA.sbury ave. 
Smith, J. W. , butcher, 721 Central ave. 
Smith, B. R., painter, store Asbury ave. bel. Sixth st., res. 

1059 West ave. 
Smith, F. , milkman, Asbury ave. bel. Third st. 
Smith, E. , Asbury ave. abv. Fourth st. , and English Creek. 
Smith, H. D., 1209 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Somers, E. Capt., 424 West ave. 

Snyder, F., store and res. Asbury ave. abv. Eighth st. 
Sooy, R. R., "Brighton," Seventh st. and Ocean ave. 
Sooy, N., West ave. bel. Fourth st., and Phila., Pa. 
Stewart, W. C, 626 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 
Stearn, C. B., Wesley ave. abv. Eleventh st., and Phila., Pa. 
Smith, H., cor. Seventh st. and Asbury ave. 



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OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 63 

Steelman, H., store and res. N. cor. Fourth st. and Asbnry av. 
Steelman, H. G., store 705 Asbury av. , res. 420 Central ave. 
Steelman, J. C, councilman, 1259 Asbury ave. 
Steelman, R. , "Sea Breeze," 704 Central ave. 
Steelman, M. Mrs., 911 Asbury ave. 
Still, J., Asbury ave. abv. Ninth st. 
Still, L. W., Asbury ave. abv. Ninth st. 
Stites, R. B., lumber, 759 Asbury ave. 
Stonehill, W., plasterer, 1159 Asbury ave. 

Sutton, H. C. , baggage master, W. J. R. R., Central ave. bel. 
Eighth St. 



Thatcher, J. W., W. cor. Thirteenth st. and Asbury ave., and 
Phila., Pa. 

Thatcher, J., M. D., 728 Ocean ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Thegan, W., Central ave. abv. First st., and Camden, N. J. 

Thomas, L. R., Prof., Wesley ave. abv. Eighth st. 

Thomas, A. B., S. cor. Fifteenth st. and Asbury ave., and 
Phila., Pa. 

Thomas, J., 1228 Asbury ave., also Bridgeton, N. J. 

Thompson, R., Simpson ave. bel. First St., and Phila., Pa, 

Thorn, R. H., store and res. S. cor. Eighth st. and Asbury av. 

Tilton, C. M., rest, and res. Bay ave. abv. Fourth st., and 
Absecon, N. J. 

Townsend, A. C, Thirty-fourth st. and Wesley ave. 

Tweedale, S., Rev., Asbury ave. below Fourteenth st. and 
Washington, D. C. 

Turpin, J. B., Rev., Asbury ave. bel. Fourteenth st. and Ab- 
secon, N. J. 

Tuttle, C. P., D. D. S., Asbury ave., abv. First st. and 
Camden. 



Voss, J., carpenter, 730 Asbury ave. 

Vangilder, H. Mrs., 1419 Asbury ave., and Petersburg, N. J. 



64 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Waggoner, J. S. , M. D., store and res. 731 Asbury ave. 

Walton, B, F., West ave. bel. Fourteenth st. , and Camden. 

Warner, F. B., carpenter, 1428 Asbury ave. 

Watson, C. H,, grader, West ave. abv. Fifth st, 

Wert, C. M., store and res., 713 Asbury ave. 

Wert, A., M. D., Ocean City, N. J., and Phila., Pa. 

Whitaker, W. C, 1230 Asbury ave., and Bridgeton, N. J. 

Whiteside, F. R., 1236 Asbury ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Willets, J. S., Capt., N. cor. Seventh st. and Central ave. 

Williams, T. P., Asbury ave. abv. First st. 

Williams, C. J., 423 Wesley ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Willets, S., Mrs., West ave. abv. Seventh st. 

Wilcox, J. N., Mrs., 842 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Willoughby, W., West ave., abv. First St., and Phila., Pa. 

Wick, C. , 820 Wesley ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Wilson, W., Ocean ave. bel. Eighth st., and Millville, N. J. 

Wood, H. M., Miss, E. cor. First st. and West ave., and 

Phila., Pa. 
Woodward, O. H., 644 Central ave., and Orlando, Fla. 
Wolf, J., "Sea Breeze," 704 Central ave. 
Woolford, J., Asbury ave. abv. Seventh st. 
Woolman, E. , West ave. bel. Seventh st. 
White, J. M. , Asbury ave. abv. First st. 



Zeigler, E., 717 Central ave., and Phila., Pa. 

Zane, W. S., Rev., 1208 Asbury ave., and N. J. Conf. 



There are a large number of houses, the names of whose 
occupants do not appear. These cottages are occupied by dif- 
ferent tenants every year, perhaps by several in a season. This 
fact precludes the possibility of securing a very large percentage 
of our summer residents. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



65 



The National Institute 



COMPOUND OXYGEN 

FOR 

Sickness and Debility. 



GOLD CURE 



Alcohol, Morphine, etc. 



For nearly a quarter of a century the firm of Drs. Starkey & Palen, 
of 1529 Arch Street, Philadelphia, have dispensed Compound Oxygen 
Treatment for chronic diseases and debility with a most brilliant record 
of cures. They have treated over 60,000 patients, and, in spite of oppo- 
sition, have forced the world to acknowledge the potency and usefulness 
of Compound Oxygen. Over 1000 physicians have used it in their prac- 
tice, and this number is being contmually increased. The original Com- 
pound Oxygen made by this firm is pure, comparatively devoid of odor 
or taste, and one of the greatest of natural vitalizers, building up broken- 
down constitutions, supplying nature's waste from disease, excesses or 
old age. A book of 200 pages, mailed free to any address, tells all 
about it. 

Now that science has proved beyond the shadow of aboubt that Intem- 
perance or Dipsomania is a disease, susceptible of treatment and subject 
to the same natural laws that govern all diseases ; and that as large a por- 
tion of cases are cured absolutely as of any other morbid condition of 
the system, we have offered recently 

THE NATIONAL GOLD CURE, 

For Alcoholism, the Morphine Habit, Etc. 

This, the nearest perfection of any known cure, is advocated by 
leading temperance reformers, National W. C. T. U. officers, clergymen 
and physicians. 

Frances E. Willard says of it : " We are warmly friendly to this 
movement, and believe it to be doing great good." 

After proving the superiority of this system to all others, the Mary- 
land state right has been sold to the Baltimore W. C. T. U., who are 
using it to great advantage, 

Pennsylvania and New Jersey state rights are sold to Drs. Starkey & 
Palen_ who have opened an Institute in Philadelphia for the cure of 
Intemperance. 

Drs. Starkey & Palen, 

BUSINESS OFf ICE : No. 1529 Arch M\, numi Pa. 



66 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



R. B. Stites & Co., 



DEALERS IN 



PINE, CEDAR 




I MILDING iUilE 



SIDING, FLOORING, SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, 

MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, SHINGLES, PICKETS, 

LATH, LIME AND CEMENT. 



Orders taken b^^ Telephone, at residence, 
759 Asbur^' Avenue. 



LUMBER YARD AND OFFICE, 

Cor. Twelfth St. and West Ave., 



OCBAN CITY, N. J. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



67 



HKNRY G. SCHLJLTZ, 

ARPENTER, BOILDER AND CONTRACTOR 

OFFICE: 

No. 2633 Germantown Avenue, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



tiLEn^niett 



NEW HOUSE. 
NEW FURNITURE. 
OPEN ALL THE YEAR. 
DELIGHTFUL LOCATION. 



GoR. Eighth and Central Aue. 

Terms ■ / ^^'^° ^^^ ^^ P^"^ P^^' 

■ I, S8, ^9 and ;^io per week 



Special Rates for the Season. 



MISS MATTIE A. BOYLE, Proprietress. 



Atlantic Coast Steamboat Co. 



TIME TABLE IN EFFECT ON AND AFTER JUNE 23, 1893, 



Boats leaving Ocean City for Somers' Point, connecting for Pleasant- 
ville. May's Landing and Philadelphia: 

6 40, 8.10, 10.00, 11.00 A. M., 2.00, 2.15, 3.20, 4.20, 6.50 P. M. 
Somers' Point for Ocean City: 

8.00, 9 20, 10.40, 11.30 A. M., 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00 P. M. 

Ocean City for Longport connecting for Atlantic City and Short 
Route to Philadelphia: 

6.40, 7.10, 7.40, 8.10, 9.00, 9.30, 10.00, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30 A. M., 12.00 M., 
1.30, 2.00, 2.30, 3.00, 3.30, 4.00, 4.30, 5.00, 5.30, 6 00, 7.00 P. M. 

Longport to Ocean City: 

7.00, 7.30, 8.00, 8.30, 9 00, 9.30, 10.00, 10.30, u 00, II 30 A. M., 12.00 M., 
12.30, 1.30, 2.00, 2.30, 3.00, ^.^,0, 4.00, 4 30, 5.00, 5.30, 6.00, 7,00 P. M. 

EXCURSIONS TO SEA. 

Hourly pleasnre trips to eea are made by boats of this Company from the Pavilion at the 
Inlet, at Atlantic City. They are a'so for charter for towing or special fishing, or Moonlight 
Excursions. 

W. T. BARBER, Manager. 



68 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

H. G. STEELMAN, 

.GROCER, 

The Largest Store, the Most Varied Stock 

GOODS AT CITY PRICES. 



AGENT FOR THE FAMOUS BIG ELK DAIRY BUTTER 

And Peach Blossom Flour. 



Goods delivered free of charge. We guarantee satisfaction. 
No. 705 Asbury'Avenue. 

BALTIMORE LAUNDRY, 

326 WEST AVENUE, 



All work done in First Class Style. 

SATISFAOTIOIJ GUARANTEED. 

MRS. MARY JACKSON, Proprietress. 

For^h^miest pp^£SH FISH ^ojto 

Between 7l!h $1 and Sth ^t., Agbui^iJ Ave. 

If you want the best prepared Salt Fish for Winter use, put up in large 
or sn-iall quantities, we can fill the bill. 

GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER. GOODS DELIVERED. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 69 



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THE RIONEER 



Real Estate aim Hisnrance Pieiit ann BioKer 



CONVEYANCER, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS 
AND NOTARY PUBLIC. 



Can supply purchasers with desirable investments at all 

times. Ocean front Cottages and Hotel Sites a speci- 

ialty. Parties seeking to get hold of large plots 

for future development can be accommodated. 

Lots for sale on club or syndicate plan. 

Rents and Renting. 



Life and Fire Insurance 



Given careful attention, and the utmost security 
guaranteed in every department. 



Business Office on most prominent corner. Seventh 
Street and Asbury Avenue, Ocean City. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



R. HOWARD THORN. 



DEALER IN 




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AND 




Furniture, Carpets and Mattting, 

STOVES, HEATERS AND RANGES, 

Crockery I Glass w a re 



You will find all goods as represented, and prices as low 
as any, quality considered. 



DON'T FORGET THE PLACE. 

801 to 805 Asbury Avenue. 

Good delivered free of charge. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

F. P. CANFIELD, 

Real Estate Agent. 



71 



Houses and Lots for sale in all parts of the city 
on easy terms. 



There never will be a time when lots will be cheaper, with so 
many attractions as Ocean City offers, than now. 

If you want a cottage or home by the sea, on one of the 
highest beaches on the New Jersey coast, with Great Egg 
Harbor Bay and Inlet on one side, and the Atlantic Ocean on 
the other, where the li([Uor traffic is prohibited in every deed, 
where the Sabbath is observed, where the grass and flowers 
grow with rare beauty, where the sailing is the finest and the 
boating safe as on an inland lake, where the bathing is as good 
at one hour of the day as another, and no lile lines are 
needed, where there is one of the best boardwalks on the New 
Jersey coast along the strand, where there has not been a case 
of drowning in seven years, where but two persons have been 
arrested for disorderly conduct in eight years, where there is 
absolutely no malaria, where living expenses are as cheap as 
anywhere, where there is no healthier climate in America, 
then buy one or more lots at Ocean City, while they will cost 
but a fraction of what they are worth at other seaside resorts. 

I have lots on the main avenues for sale 
at from 3 1 00 to 3 000 each. 

I am thoroughly conversant with all facts connected with 
property on the beach. Those desiring any information in 
regard to Ocean City, or about property, should call or corres- 
pond with me. 



W. Cor. Sixth St. and Asbury Ave., 



OCEAN CITY, N. J. 




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OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

SEASIDE 

" - PHARMACY 
No. 731 Asbury Ax'^enue, 

OCEAN CITY, N. J. 

Pure Drugs and Medicines, Toilet Goods and Fancy Articles, 
Whitman's Confections, Stationery, Etc. 

Dr. Waggoner's office in drug store. prescriptions carefully compounded. 

^ Woodbine ^ 

(Bpen a[[ tfie '^ear. 

First-Glass Accommodations. Board by the Day, Week or Month. 

SINGLE MEALS, 50 GTS. 

Cor. Eighth Street and Asbury Avenue, 

Address OCEAN CITY, N. J. 

MRS. SAMUEL CARHART. 



Plasterers and w. stonehill. 

Bricklayers ^ G. o. adams. 



STONEHILL & ADAMS, 

PLASTERING, RAI&E SETTING, BRICKLAYING, ETC., 

All Work in Mason Line Pponnptly Attended to. 
OCEAN CITY. N. J. 

Gr. P. MOORE]. 

AROHlTE^OT AND BUILDE^R, 

ALSO 

PRACTICAL SLAXER. 



BEST ROOFING SLATE CONSTANTLY ON HAND 
835 Asbury Ave., Ocean City, N. J. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



7?> 



^WM. LAKE, 

Surveyor - and ■ Conveyancer, 

Master in Chancery, Notary Public. 



Lots for Sale or Exchange. Cottages to Rent, 
furnistieci and unfurn^istieci. 



Cottages cared for during the winter. 



Office, S. Cor. Sixth Street and Asbury Avenue. 



- ICE CREAM MADE ON PREMISES - 



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74 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK, 

WM. R. ELLIOTT, 



SuccEssoK TO MRS. R. MORRIS. 

DEALER IN 



GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, 

CANNED GOODS. 

Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, 
A Full Line of GHINR AND GLASSWARE. 



No. 7 14 Asbury Avenue, 

OCEAN CITY, N. J. 

Summer visitors are assured of efficient service, fresh goods and Philadelpbiti 
prices. 

B. R. SMITH, 

The Pioneer Paper Hanger, Decorator, Grainer 
and Sign Writer of Ocean City. 

A large and varied stock of 

&t5AIjL gAPBI^ AND DEGGI^AflTIGNS 

On hand at popular prices. 



All Wor^I^ APti^ticalljI Done, aqd i\Il Worlc (JuaraqteBd. 

B R. SMITH, 
Asbury Avenue, - - Ocean City, N. J. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 75 

f\CclUlIl^ ^ Royal Route 

Railroad ^ the sea 

BETWEEN 

Philadelphia and Atlantic City. 



THE FAMOUS FAST 

FL.YERS 

ALWAYS ON TIME. 

Carry their Passecgers SAFELY and SUEELY between 

PHILADELPHIA, 



AND THE DEPOT |N 

THE VERY CENTRE OF 



CHESTNUT ST. WHARF ATT A TOTTTP HTTV 

OR SOUTH ST WHARF. AlJjAiM A IW Wll I . 



A FEATURE OF THIS LINE IS ITS HARD-COAL 
LOCOMOTIVES. 

NO SMOKE f NO SOOT! NO CINDERS 



SF»KED. 

onsrx-iY idoxjbijIii-tie^j^ok: XjI±te. 

SAFETY. 

TWO STATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA. 
SIX STATIONS IN ATLANTIC CITY. 



The Coaches composing the "FLYERS" are new and of the latest 
and most elegant designs. The PulUman Drawing-room and Buffet 
Parlor Cars are models of palatial luxury. 



76 ocp:ax city guide book. 

A Moral Seaside Resort. 



floiie^^celledagaHealtihl^esloi^ei' 

FINEST FACILITIES FOR 

FISHING, SAILING, GUNNING, ETC. 

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'ftyt^vr^, — » 



Ocean City. 

EVERY LOVER OE 

Tempsrange) and Morals 

SHOULD COMBINE TO HELP US. 



THOUSANDS OF LOTS FOR SALE AT VARIOUS PRICES, 
LOCATED IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. 



Apply to Superintendent, 

E. B. LAKE. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 77 



T^ Windsor - 



©CBTiN CITY, N. J. 



Central Auenue E. ASHER, 

Below Eleventh Street. Proprietress 



Pleasantly located. Convenient to Railroad Station and Post-Office. Terms moderate 



OPEN ALL THE YEAR. 



JACOB SOHUFF, 

S. W. Cor. Seventh Street and Asbury Avenue. 

FRESH BREAD, PIES and CAKES DAILY 

No Cottonseed Oil or Lard Compound, Butterine or Oleomargarine. No Chrome 
Yellow or Alum used. Only the best materials. 

Parties and Weddings supplied. Goods delivered free of charge 
Nothing delivered on Sunday. 

Twelfth St. and Asbury Ave., - - Ocean City, X. J., 

— :dealer in: — 

ME^ATS, FLOUR, PROVISIONS 

FANcY GFjOCERIES, 

And Pine Imported Table Specialties. 

Also a full line of high grade Teas, Coffees and Pure Spices constantly on hand. 

JOHN SCHENK, 

Fine (sigai^s and ©obaggo, 

FULL LINE OF 

PIPES AND SMOKING TOBACCO. 
711 ASBURY AVENUK. 



78 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

J. C. Steei.man. F. B. English. 

Steelman & English, 

ARCHITECTS, 

Carpenters, Contractors and Builders 

Plans, Specifications and Building Contracts carefully drawn. 
Perspective views furn'shed. 

ESiTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN. 

Jobbing a Specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 

OFFICE: 

Eighth Street and West Avenue. 



JA.COB STIJL.L, 

EiiCriixxi ST. A.NIJ tub: B 3y\.m31Ar7^X..X£. 



For the best Milk Shakes on the 
Island, and the finest Salt Water 
Taffy, go to 



tin's 



A fine line of choice Confectionery always on hand. 
SOFT DRINKS A SPECIALTY. 



JESSE MURDOCH, 

82S Asbury Avenue, 

Hauling Sm Grading 



Baggage delivered to any part of the City. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 79 

"Tfec Allaire" 



CENTRALLY LOCATED NEAR THE BEACH. 
SEND FOR CARD. 



OCEAN CITY, N. J. 



MRS. A. B. RANCK, - - - . - Proprietress. 



Established 1881. 



F. E. CHAMPION, 



DEALER IN 



Ice, Coal and Wood. 

fi^^-Having sold out the Ice Cream and Milk Business to I. S. 
CHAMPION, I am prepared to give the Ice, Coal and Wood Business 
very prompt and careful attention. 



Office and Residence, 

716 ASBURY AVENUE, OCEAN CITY, N. J. 

CHARLES F. NABB, 

756 Asbury Avenue (near the Depot). 

Tropical Fruits, Pure, Fresh Confectionery. 

A COMPLETE LINE OF FINE STATIONERY. 

Coach Office. Calls answered with promptness day or night. 

Baggage delivered to any part of the City. 



8o OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 



J. S. RUSH, 

PRACTICAL 

House and Sign Painter 

FBESCOIM m WMEE OE OIL COLOEi. 

Hard Wood Finishing - - 

A.ND 

Piano Polishing 



JOBBING A SPECIAI^TY. 



Estimates furnished on all kinds of work. 



Residence and Office : 

ELEVENTH ST. AND CENTRAL AVE. 

Ocean City, N. J. 



i=. o. sox: 37. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 8l 

Go- 



to ttie 




e\V Store 



T, B. CROSS'S, 

843-845 Asbury Ave. 

If you want — ^^^^ 

Fresh i Salt Meats 

^ At bottom rock prices. 

New Groceries, New Table Specialties, 
Everything New, Everything Fresh. 



Capable and accommodating service. 

Orders filled with promptness and dispatch. 



GOODS DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE. 



82 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Ocean ^i^py (Qbat GQai^i^et 



Fresh and Salt Meats always on hand. 

Country Produce direct from the Farms. 

POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS A SPECIALTY. 

Aquilla D. Sharp. 4 

For a Handsome Turnout, Gentle 
Horses and Careful Drivers, 

/^^^ This is the place to go. 

\^^7 Busses meet all trains and steam- 

boats. Baggage delivered to all parts 
of the City. 



J. Howard Willets, M. D., 

(^op. (^^'^^n^h (§t. and ^entpal ^fc, 
OCEAN CITY, N. J. 



Office Hours: 

8 to ID. 

4 to 6. 



The Wesley House, 

COR. EIGHTH STREET . C'lrrCJ-iOOi 

AND WESLEY AVENUE. '"J &sta6[islied tm 

A. E. GOX, Proprietor, 

Ocean City, - - New Jersey. 



FINEST location ON THE BEACH. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS. 



OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 83 

"Estimates Cheerfully Given. Jobbing a Specialty. 

J. N. JOHNSON, 

SANITARy PLLIBING AID GAS HTTl 

808 j^sbiary Avenue, 

OCEAN CITY, N. J. 
Established 1883. 

Rear of 730 Asbury Avenue. 
FRESH FISH CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 

DELIVERED AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. 

A. H. WINNER, 

§emml J^hotO^tapfiei, Llfe-sLedCrTyons. 

Pictures Copied and Enlarged. Photographs taken of Family Groups, 
Horses, Carriages, Etc., by the Instantaneous Process. 

FLASH LIGHT PICTURES TAKEN AT NIGHT AT YOUR HOMES. 



p. o. Address, 
Smith's Landing, N. J. 



BRANCH GALLERY, 

Boardwalk, Ocean City, N. J. 



A. HANDSOMELY BOUND 

. . Copy of the ... 

Ocean City Guide Book i Directory 

Sent postpaid to any address on receipt of price. 

25 GENTS. EXTRA, 50 GENTS. 



Pub. Ocean City Guide Book and Directory, 

OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY. 



84 OCEAN CITY GUIDE BOOK. 

Fire Insurance ! Fire Insurance I 

^ aSI^^^t^Tn ocean city *<- 

FOR THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES: 

Agricultural Insurance Go's. 

London and Lancashire Insurance Co., England. 

Phoenix Assurance Co. 

Insurance Co. of North America, Phila. 

Fire Association, Phila. 

Royal Insurance of Liverpool. 

Commercial Union Assurance, London. 

Do not place your Insurance till you have dropped us a postal and we have given' 

you rates. 

JOS. I. SCUL L, Sea Isle City, N J. 

©HE flrpLANTIG fflONTHLY- 

Edited by Horace E. Scudder, and having among its contributors 
the foremost writers of the day. 

The best fiction, and the best poetry. 

A new and powerful serial, by Charles Egbert Craddock, called 

is now running in the Atlantic. 
TERMS : — $4.00 a year in advance, postage free ; jj cents a number. 

Postal Notes and Money are at the risk of the sender, and therefore remittances 
should be made by money order, draft, or registered letter, to 

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., 

4 Park Street, Boston, Mass. 

J. F. HAND, 

(^ONXRACTOR - AND - JguiLJDKR 

ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON ALL KINDS OF WORK. 

F*rompt attention given to both Contract 
Work: and Jobbing. 

RESIDENCE : 

Asbury Avenue above Tenth Street. 



OCEAN CITY.GUID?: BOOK. 85 



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I. G. ADAMS' 



CASINO 



fHE loss caused by the destructive fire of June 12th, which 
seemed irreparable for this season, has been retrieved, to 
the city at least, and before July 4th a handsome new Casino, 
elaborate and beautiful, will stand on the site of what was the 
most popular resort along the boardwalk from one end to the 
other. While we sincerely condole Mr. Adams upon his 
private loss, we congratulate the city that this place, remem- 
bered by all, will so soon arise from its ashes in renewed 
splendor, and that the pleasure found by both resident and 
and guest within its walls will continue unabated. 

Pub. 



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Ocean - City - Sentinel 

OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY. 
R. CURTIS ROBINSON, Editor and PropV. 



A spicy seven-column weekly paper, with a very large circulation. 
Published on the border and circulates in three adjoining counties, as 
well as nearly every state of the Union. Advertisers will be wise in 
giving the SENTINEL a trial order, as our city is visited by thousands 
from a distance. Rates reasonable. 

The Ocean City Daily Reporter 

will be issued every afternoon (Sundays excepted) during July and 
August. $i.oo for the season. Two cents per copy. 

R. CURTIS ROBINSON, 

I^eal Estate and Ingui'ance Agent 

744-46 Asbury Avenue, 

OCEAN CITY, N. J. 



Cottages for Sai.e, Rent or Exchange. 

DESIRABI.E Building Lots at Bargains. 

Insurance placed in Reliable Companies. 




SUPERINTENDENT OF 

Ocean City Association 

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, AND ALSO 

REAIv ESXAXE AGENT, 

Having thousands of building lots for sale at various 
prices, SOME VERY CHEAP, and located in all parts of 
Ocean City. 

Now is the time to purchase property, before the SECOND 
RAILROAD comes, as then property will greatly advance. 

I have a good many INQUIRIES FOR PROPERTY 
between Sixth and Twelfth streets. Any one having property 
for sale might do well to give me their prices. 

All persons desiring to BUY, or SELL, or EXCHANGE 
property would do well, before closing any transaction, to call on 
or address 

E. B. LAKE, 

No. 601 ASBURY AVENUE, OCEAN CITY, N. J. 

Association Office. 







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